Sabah Customs seizes over 70kg drugs valued at more than RM2.4mil
Acting Sabah Customs assistant director-general Saidin Jalaluddin said the latest seizure was made on March 28 involving four unmarked packages at Mas Kargo, Kota Kinabalu.
"Checks found that the packages were believed to contain methamphetamine, weighing 71.719 kilogrammes, estimated to be worth RM2,295,008," he told a press conference here today.
He said the team also seized a package at Pos Aviation Kota Kinabalu on March 1.
"The package contained items suspected to be Ketamine, weighing 434 grammes, estimated to be worth RM86,800," he added.
Saidin said in an operation conducted from Jan 31 to Feb 28, four packages were seized at Mas Kargo, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
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