Kuala Lumpur, Jan 5 (DPA) Malaysian airport police seized 150 kg of ketamine worth 2.7 million ringgit ($780,000), which were hidden among boxes of Hindu prayer ash from India, a news report said Tuesday.The drugs were seized during a check on a container from Chennai, India, which was docked Wednesday at the western port of Klang, the New Straits Times daily said. Customs officers discovered that the container, which also held spices and Hindu prayer paraphernalia, contained 130 boxes of ketamine, department Director-General Ibrahim Jaapar said. He said authorities were working with Indian counterparts on the case but have yet to make any arrests. http://www.citybengaluru.com/drugs-hidden-with-indian-prayer-ash-seized-in-malaysia/
66.4 Kg Ketamine seized by Malaysian Airport Customs from 3 Indians bound for Bali island in Indonesia from Bangaladesh
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 10 (DPA) Malaysian airport customs police have arrested three Indian nationals and seized 66.4 kilograms of the drug ketamine worth some 1.2 million ringgit ($350,000), a news report said Thursday. The drugs were seized Tuesday while the suspects were in transit at the Kuala Lumpur International Aiport. They were bound for Bali island in Indonesia, said customs Assistant Director General Mohamad Hassim Pardi.
The three suspects, aged 25 to 35, had arrived from Bangladesh, he said. ...He said 36 foreign nationals, 27 of them Indian nationals, have been detained for attempting to smuggle drugs since January. .. He said the suspects would be charged with drug trafficking which carries a mandatory death sentence by hanging. http://www.citybengaluru.com/three-indians-held-with-drugs-in-malaysia/