Tue, 11 Jan 2011
Kuala Lumpur - Customs officers at Penang airport in northern Malaysia arrested an Iranian allegedly found with 3.5 kilograms of methamphetamines worth 875,000 ringgit (273,430 dollars), a newspaper reported Tuesday.
The suspect, who was in his 30s, was arrested Sunday when officers discovered the drugs hidden in his bag, state deputy director of customs R Mariappa said.
The man was remanded in custody for seven days, Mariappa was quoted by the Star newspaper as saying.
The Iranian has reportedly visited Malaysia several times before.
If found guilty of trafficking, he faces a mandatory death penalty.
Malaysian police detained 138 Iranians last year on suspicion of drug trafficking, a jump from 16 the year before.
Authorities attributed the sharp increase to higher street prices of the drugs in Malaysia.
Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/361671,drugs-arrest-iranian-airport.html.
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