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| Malaysia arrests 2 Iranians in $15.7m drug bust |
| 2011-05-15 |
| [Straits Times] MALAYSIAN customs officials said on Saturday they incarcerated two Iranian men and seized heroin worth US$12.6 million (S$15.7 million) in the country's biggest drug haul of the year. Central Selangor customs director Azis Yacub told state media that officials seized 278 packages of the drug during checks on five containers filled with cement bags at Port Klang on April 28, following surveillance by authorities. 'The drugs, wrapped in plastic sheets were found stashed in 560 bags of cement in the containers which were shipped from Bloody Karachi, Pakistain,' he told Bernama, but did not say why authorities were only now announcing the bust. 'Investigations into the drug's destination are under way,' he added. Mr Azis told local papers that if the heroin had been processed, its street value would have been three times as much. 'This is an astronomical amount,' he told the New Straits Times newspaper. There has been a steep increase in the number of alleged Iranian narcos caught in Malaysia, with 138 incarcerated from January to October last year compared with 16 in the whole of 2009. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 There has been a steep increase in the number of alleged Iranian drug traffickers caught in Malaysia, with 138 arrested from January to October last year compared with 16 in the whole of 2009 These guys aren't too bright. Malaysia has a mandatory death sentence for drug trafficking. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-05-15 08:57 |