IPOH: Police have arrested a 29-year-old Singaporean and seized about RM1.5mil worth of dried marijuana flowers at the Sultan Azlan Shah Airport here.
Perak police chief Comm Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin said the unemployed man was apprehended after his check-in baggage was searched by auxiliary policemen at the airport at 6.20am on Sunday (Nov 8).
Comm Alwi said 36 plastic packages containing 19,040g of the drugs were found in the baggage.
"From our investigation, the individual was on his way to deliver contraband to London via transit in Singapore.
"He received the job offer from a website which promises lucrative pay," he told a press conference at state police contingent headquarters here on Tuesday (Nov 10).
"It is a trend now to use less busy airports to traffic drugs," he added.
Comm Alwi said the man arrived here on Saturday (Nov 7).
"He flew to Kuala Lumpur first and stayed at a hotel in Kajang before coming here.
"We believe he picked up the (contraband in Kajang) before taking an e-hailing ride to Ipoh," he added.
Comm Alwi said the man was remanded for seven days from Monday (Nov 9) for investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries a death sentence, or life imprisonment with caning, upon conviction.
