Customs dog sniffs out RM210m worth of amphetamine pills

Drug smugglers bound for the Middle East market couldn’t get past Malaysian Customs as its K9 detection dogs sniffed out Captagon pills hidden inside containers of furniture at West Port, Port Klang on March 6.

Thanks to the sniffer dogs, the Royal Malaysian Customs Department foiled an attempt to smuggle the pills worth RM210 million through the March raid on containers in transit.

Customs deputy director-general (Enforcement and Compliance) Siti Mang said during the raid, two containers inspected revealed 3.6 million Captagon pills containing 626kg of amphetamine.

She said that the Captagon pills were hidden in secret compartments of the 25 pieces of sofa furniture found in the containers, which had been at the port for nearly three months and were believed to be in transit before being sent to another country.

“Preliminary investigations found that the containers declared with furniture were brought in late last year from a Middle Eastern country and were to be re-exported to another Middle Eastern country. This tactic was used to mislead authorities in the respective country they were destined for.

“The pills were concealed inside secret compartments within the sofa furniture and were only detected with the help of our detection dogs,” she told a press conference at Wisma Kastam today.

Siti also said investigations are ongoing to determine if any individuals from Malaysia are involved in the case, which is being investigated under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act.

- Bernama

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