Chinese national nabbed for attempting to smuggle drugs

PENANG: Police arrested a Chinese national who tried to smuggle 1.8 kilogrammes of heroin out of the the Bayan Lepas International Airport here yesterday.Penang deputy police chief Datuk Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah said the 40-something woman, dressed in a business suit to look professional, was arrested while she was about to catch a flight to Hong Kong at 6.35am.

He said policemen on duty at the airport had been suspicious about the abnormal way the woman had carried herself and walked.

“After a thorough inspection, police found the drugs wrapped in plastic strapped to her body and also in her undergarments,” he told reporters here today.

He said the drugs seized had a street value of over RM250,000 and that based on initial investigations, the woman was found to have entered Malaysia more than five times and usually stayed at a hotel for between three to five each time she was here. — Bernama