RM1.23mil worth of meth destined for Sarawak seized

SEPANG: At least RM1.23mil worth of methamphetamine being smuggled to Sarawak has been seized by police.

The 36.53kg of drugs were seized after police arrested a married couple and their friend at a condominium parking lot on Jan 24.

Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said checks revealed that the three were hired to transport the drugs from the Klang Valley to Sarawak.

"We got wind of this attempt after a man was caught after arriving in Miri on the same day with 25kg of methamphetamine.

"The suspect was interrogated by Miri police and they passed on the information to us," he told reporters on Tuesday.

He said the three were paid at least RM10,000 per trip.

"They had already made two successful trips last year but this time they were caught.

"The drugs were placed in luggage bags meant to be checked in before their noon flight," he said.

When asked Comm Hussein said they believed that this case was connected to another similar case on Jan 21.

In that case, two drug mules were arrested for attempting to smuggle in over half a million ringgit worth of methamphetamine to Sarawak.

"Based on our investigations the modus operandi matches the case that was detected by KLIA police three days earlier.

"We believe the drugs came from a neighbouring country up north and are now working to identify who hired these suspects to be drug mules," he said.

Meanwhile, Comm Hussein said police also arrested four suspects and seized over RM33,000 worth of ganja on Jan 25.

"A team from Bukit Aman arrested three men in front of a petrol station along the Kuala Lumpur Karak Expressway near Gombak at around 5pm.

"During the arrest, they also seized 10.5kg of ganja. Another male suspect was arrested in a follow-up operation at Ampang on the same day," he said adding that all four suspects have prior records for criminal and drug offences.