GEORGE TOWN, Nov 2 — Police arrested a local man in possession of 40 kilogrammes (kg) of cannabis buds, valued at RM3.2 million, which were allegedly being smuggled to London. The arrest took place during a raid at Penang International Airport (PIA) in Bayan Lepas on October 18.
Penang police chief Datuk Dennis Lim Kwang Keng said the 28-year-old man, who hails from Miri, Sarawak, was apprehended at about 5pm while in the airport’s waiting area and the drugs were discovered during an inspection of his luggage.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the man, acting as a ‘drug mule,’ claimed he was instructed by an individual to transport the drugs to London. It is believed that this was the suspect’s first time participating in cross-border drug smuggling via air travel.
