A body of a man believed to be a foreign national was found in a blue drum at an oil palm plantation in Tiga Kongsi, Simpang Ampat today.

Seberang Perai Selatan district police chief Supt Lee Chong Chern said police received a report on the discovery of the body at 10.40am after the owner of the plantation lodged a police report on the gruesome find in a 150-litre drum.

"According to the owner of the plantation, he was alerted by his employee who noticed a stench emanating from a drum with a...