Smugglers abandon boat during chase leaving RM11.6mil meth behind


KANGAR: Perlis Customs foiled an attempt to smuggle 363kg of methamphetamine worth some RM11.6mil during a patrol in the waters off Kuala Perlis near here on Monday (March 24).

State director Ismail Hashim said the drugs were seized from an unregistered glass-fibre boat that was spotted speeding from Thai waters to Kuala Perlis towards Sungai Baru by a team of Kuala Perlis Customs marine enforcement personnel at 3am.

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