Making a dope of border sentries


A spate of drug arrests in Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand has put Malaysia on high alert. The question is: how did we miss the drugs, when Jakarta could spot them?

HE went through luggage checks at the KL International Airport (KLIA), climbed into the cockpit of a Boeing 737-800 and helped pilot it to Jakarta.

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