Another kangkong exposed

SEPANG: An Indian national's attempt to smuggle 30kg of syabu and ketamine in a bag of kangkung vegetables was thwarted by customs officers at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) yesterday.

A team of enforcement officers seized a package containing 5kg of syabu and five other packages of ketamine weighing 25kg from the cook who worked at a restaurant in Malaysia.

The drugs are worth about RM1.8 million.

KLIA Customs director Datuk Chik Omar Chik Lim said the 44-year-old suspect who arrived from Chennai was nabbed at 12.10am, following the discovery of the drugs in a bag of kangkung vegetables.

"The drugs were not hidden. This is the largest seizure from one individual this year. Last year, another Indian national was caught carrying 42kg of drugs," he told a press conference here today.

Chik Omar said the suspect had worked as a cook in the country in the last five years and had travelled eight times to Malaysia. - Bernama