International drug syndicate recruited Portuguese passport holders as ‘cannabis mules’
FIVE men believed to be Portuguese passport holders were among eight foreigners recruited by an international drug syndicate to act as “drug mules” transporting cannabis from Malaysia to Europe, police said. Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigatio...
An international drug syndicate recruited five men believed to hold Portuguese passports, alongside two others from Myanmar, Singapore, and a Malaysian, to act as "drug mules" in a trafficking network, police announced. The operation, dubbed Op Lejogaster, spanned from July 12 to August 3, 2026, and resulted in the arrest of nine suspects across Malaysia.
The syndicate allegedly coordinated from Europe, instructing the mules—each unaware of the others—to transport cannabis from Malaysia to Europe. Each mule was housed in a separate hotel and moved frequently before being tasked with transporting the drugs to London, where they would be distributed to other European countries. Police seized 270.27kg of cannabis worth approximately RM21.62 million, as well as 0.5 grams of methamphetamine and various assets estimated at RM117,172.
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