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Travel offers used to trap foreigners as drug mules

JOB offers and travel packages to Malaysia are believed to have been used as a trap by an international drug syndicate to deceive foreigners before turning them into drug mules.

  • International drug syndicate used job offers and travel packages to trap foreigners as drug mules
  • Police seized 671 plastic packets of compressed cannabis weighing 418kg and valued at RM33.4 million
  • 12 suspects arrested, 11 foreigners, 6 charged under Dangerous Drugs Act 1952

Nighttime helicopter drill near Cheong Wa Dae stirs unease

Multiple helicopters flew over the Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Tuesday evening, prompting unease among some nearby residents as it coincided with President Lee Jae Myung’s trip to New York. The flights were part of a nighttime training exercise conducted by the Capital Defense Command, according to the Ministry of National Defense.

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