Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian airport police arrested an Iranian man caught with 4 kilograms of cocaine, a news report said Wednesday. The 35-year-old suspect arrived from Dubai and was waiting for his baggage at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Sunday when police conducted a check on his baggage.
"On inspection, a clear plastic bag containing 4 kilograms of substance, believed to be cocaine, was found under a thin board in his bag," Selangor state anti-narcotics chief Nordin Kadir said.
The cocaine was believed to be worth some 800,000 ringgit (228,571 dollars), he said.
"We are looking at the possibility that the Iranian drug syndicate is trying to monopolize the local market, as the market price of cocaine in Malaysia is 250,000 ringgit per kilogram, compared to 160,000 ringgit in Iran," Nordin was quoted as saying by The New Straits Times daily.
If found guilty, the suspect stands to face the mandatory death sentence by hanging.
Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/310949,malaysian-airport-police-detain-iranian-with-cocaine.html.
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