KOTA BARU: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department has foiled attempts to smuggle in 102.178kg of cannabis flowers worth more than RM10mil.
Kelantan Customs director Wan Jamal Abdul Salam Wan Long said the seizures were made during operations at the Rantau Panjang Duty-Free Zone on April 23.
He said in a statement issued on Monday (July 28) that the first seizure involved 88 transparent plastic packets containing cannabis flowers placed in three bags found at Gate 1 of the zone at about 10.30am.
He said the second seizure was from a woman motorcyclist who was found carrying a bag with 32 transparent plastic packets with similar contents.
"The woman led the Customs team to the Rantau Panjang Express Bus Stop at 11am, where we arrested a man and a woman after finding two bags containing 60 transparent plastic packets containing cannabis flowers," he added.
He said that in all, six bags containing 180 packets of cannabis flowers weighing more than 100kg and estimated to be worth RM10,013,444 were seized.
"The syndicate's modus operandi was to smuggle cannabis flowers through illegal bases along Sungai Golok, before bringing them into the zone.
"All the suspects arrested are locals aged between 30 and 45. The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952," he said. – Bernama
