BUTTERWORTH (BERNAMA) – The Penang Customs Department in Malaysia seized 30 kilogrammes (kg) of methamphetamine worth MYR966,976 hidden in Chinese herbal tea packages.
Penang Customs Department Director Roselan Ramli said acting on intelligence, the Penang Customs Narcotics Unit carried out monitoring in the gated and guarded residential area in Gelugor on Penang Island.
“Our team spotted two bags placed under a tree in the residential area, whereby a quick inspection confirmed our suspicion that they contained drugs.We waited in ambush for eight hours monitoring the two bags but no one came to pick them up. We took (the two bags) back to the Penang Customs Narcotics Unit for a thorough inspection,” he said during a media conference.
He said the two bags contained 30 small packages wrapped in guanyinhwang green tea packages containing 30kg of methamphetamine were found on April 4. He said they were still in the process of tracking down the suspects involved.
“Whether the drug trafficker lives in the residential area is still under investigation and we are trying to determine if the drugs were brought in from abroad and for which market,” he said.
He said police also obtained footage from a closed circuit television camera pointing towards the tree where the drugs were found and the movement of several individuals could be seen.
