Dark cargo: The RM2.4bil in cocaine mixed with the coal found in three containers on display for the media at the Bayan Baru police station, Bayan Baru, Penang.
GEORGE TOWN: A staggering 12 tonnes of black cocaine, hidden in 60 tonnes of coal, was seized by police in what’s been described by Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador as the biggest drug bust in Malaysian history.
The Inspector-General of Police said they made the RM2.4bil discovery during an operation called Ops Eagle at the North Butterworth Container Terminal here on Sept 10.
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