Woman caught trying to smuggle syabu into Indonesia from Sebatik Island


KOTA KINABALU: A woman’s attempt to smuggle methamphetamine packaged as "Chinese tea" into Indonesia led to her arrest there last week.

The 37-year-old woman, travelling with her 13-year-old niece, was intercepted at the Sei Pancang post in Nunukan en route to Tarakan on a speedboat from Sebatik Island, located off Sabah’s east coast, on Friday (Nov 1).

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