KUCHING: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (Customs) in Sarawak has foiled an attempt to smuggle RM1mil worth of Doraemon-shaped ecstasy pills hidden in Vitamin C bottles.
Sarawak Customs director Norizan Yahya said the attempt to smuggle 5.23kg of ecstasy pills into Sibu was thwarted during an inspection at a courier company on June 20.
"Surveillance over three days revealed that no one came forward to claim the package.
"Further inspection revealed 12 plastic bottles labelled ‘Vitamin C 1000 tablets’ containing aluminium packets filled with Doraemon-shaped pills suspected to be ecstasy,” he said in a statement on Tuesday (July 15).
Norizan said the drugs, with a market value of RM1,002,000, were smuggled via air courier from Peninsular Malaysia.
The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries the death penalty or life imprisonment with a minimum of 15 strokes of the cane. - Bernama
