Penang Customs seize 1.4kg of heroin


BUTTERWORTH: The Penang Customs Department has foiled a drug trafficking attempt to a foreign country after seizing 1.4kg of drugs worth over RM132,000.

Its state director Hamisan Kalip said the drugs, declared as an organic food product, were confiscated during a check at the airport cargo complex in Batu Maung at 3.36pm on June 6.

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