KANGAR: The Customs Department has foiled a drug smuggling operation after uncovering 61.42kg of cannabis hidden at an abandoned jetty and on a rocky island off Kuala Perlis.
Perlis Customs director Mohammad Furiman Hattar said the cannabis, worth RM191,544, was seized in two separate operations by the Kuala Perlis Marine Enforcement Branch.
He said the syndicate's modus operandi was to bring drugs from a neighbouring country, less than 1.5km from the state's maritime border, before leaving them at secluded locations for others to collect.
"In the first incident, at 9.30pm on Aug 28, the operations team found two sacks containing 25kg of compressed cannabis worth RM75,000 on an abandoned jetty platform along Sungai Kuala Perlis, near Taman Pelangi.
