The authorities had stopped the suspects for questioning after checking their profiles, before going through their check-in luggage and finding 70 vacuum-packed black plastic bags containing green leaves believed to be cannabis. (MRA pic) PETALING JAYA: Three Malaysians have been arrested in Mauritius after 76.14kg of cannabis was found in their luggage on Nov 2.
The Mauritius Revenue Authority said the suspects were two men aged 30 and 22, and an 18-year-old woman.
It said they entered the country via an Emirates flight from Dubai before being arrested at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport.
One of the suspects had flown from Thailand to Dubai before travelling to Mauritius.
