QuickCheck: Did smugglers try to hide drugs in bicycle tyres?

DRUG traffickers tried to smuggle RM1.8mil worth of drugs out of Penang in children's bicycle tyres.

Is this true?

Verdict:

TRUE

Penang Customs Department raided a courier company at the Raja Uda Business Centre on Dec 22.

They seized 10 boxes containing children bicycle frames and tyres.

Hidden within the tyres were a total 104 packets of methamphetamines worth RM1.8mil.

Penang Customs said they needed more time to investigate and identify who the sender was but the recipient's address was in an Oceanian country.

References:

1. https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2021/12/30/penang-customs-seize-drugs-worth-rm18mil