PORT KLANG: Drug smugglers targeting the Middle East market were thwarted by Malaysian Customs as its K9 detection dogs sniffed out Captagon pills hidden inside containers of furniture at West Port on March 6.
Thanks to the sniffer dogs, the Royal Malaysian Customs Department foiled an attempt to smuggle Captagon pills worth RM210mil through the March raid on containers in transit.
Customs deputy director-general (enforcement and compliance) Siti Mang reported that during the raid, two containers were inspected, revealing 3.6 million pills suspected to be Captagon pills containing 626kg of amphetamine.
She explained that the Captagon pills were hidden in secret compartments within 25 sofas found in the containers, which had been at the port for nearly three months and were believed to be in transit before being shipped to another country.
"Preliminary investigations found that the containers declared as containing furniture were brought in late last year from a Middle Eastern country and were to be re-exported to another Middle Eastern country.
"This tactic was used to mislead authorities in the respective country they were destined for.
"The pills were concealed inside secret compartments within the sofas and were only detected with the help of our detection dogs," she said at a press conference at Wisma Kastam on Tuesday (March 25).
Siti also mentioned that investigations are ongoing to determine if any individuals from this country are involved in the case, which is being investigated under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act. – Bernama
