Customs Dept halts RM3.5mil cannabis smuggling attempt


PETALING JAYA: The Customs Department foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 36kg of cannabis buds worth RM3,567,595 to Europe using postal services on April 2.

Customs Department (Central Zone) acting assistant director-general Dr Ahmad Taufik Sulaiman said the drugs were detected when several suspicious packages at the Mail and Courier Centre at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), were scanned.

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