Families aim to help stop drug mule rings


Doing their part: Several families of drug mules arrested in Hong Kong are working with Wotherspoon to help Malaysian authorities put an end to the syndicates’ operations.

PETALING JAYA: The families of Malaysian drug mules arrested in Hong Kong are urging authorities to provide more support for them, as it could help put an end to the syndicates’ operations.

The Star’s R.AGE investigative team revealed that drug syndicates were recruiting young desperate Malaysians as mules by offering them free holidays or high-paying courier jobs, and then asking them to carry items with concealed drugs.

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