Not boots, floor mats or amps
Customs assistant director-general Raizam Setapa @ Mustapha said officers seized 5.1kg of methamphetamine in a raid at a warehouse at the KLIA Cargo Complex around 9.45pm on March 13.
The drugs worth some RM163,000 were hidden in three boxes containing safety boots meant for export.
In the second case, at 9.30pm on April 3, officers found 5kg of MDMA worth some RM835,000 in a condominium unit in Salak South, Kuala Lumpur.
'On April 7, we seized another 6.1kg of ketamine and 763g of cannabis in a condominium in Kuala Lumpur,' she said.
Raizam said Customs also seized 5.1kg of methamphetamine worth RM163,000 at a courier company in Subang Jaya.
The drugs, she said, were hidden in a box containing floor mats meant for export.
In another raid at 4pm on April 10, Customs seized 122.8kg of heroin worth some RM11.5mil in Batu Caves.
'The drugs, which were supposed to have been exported via Port Klang, were seized from a moving service company.
'They were hidden in four boxes declared as amplifiers,' she said.
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