Indonesian man nabbed for attempting to smuggle 4.57kg of syabu in Tawau

ACP Jasmin (third right) and his men showing the drugs and other seized items including the detergent packets and pails.

KOTA KINABALU: An Indonesian man has attempted to sneak drugs hidden in detergent packets into a neighbouring country from Sabah’s east coast Tawau district.

The ruse was thwarted by the police after they intercepted the suspect at the public jetty at 12.30pm on Monday (May 27).