Suspect in RM5mil shabu haul was on his way to Sabah, say police
Bukit Aman's anti-narcotics chief says the Malaysian man arrested with more than 100kg of shabu was using Brunei as a transit route.
Police revealed that a Malaysian man arrested with over 100kg of suspected shabu at the Brunei-Miri border on a recent occasion was reportedly en route to Sabah when apprehended. The 46-year-old suspect, hailing from Miri, was seized while attempting to enter Brunei from Miri, Sarawak. According to Bukit Aman's anti-narcotics chief, Hussein Omar Khan, the individual was presumed to have utilized Brunei as a transit route prior to re-entering Malaysia.
It is believed that he intended to re-enter Sarawak via the Labu-Mengkalap route, subsequently proceeding to Sabah through Merapok-Sindumin. The shabu was concealed within 100 tea packets and was estimated to have a street value of RM5 million, rendering it the largest drug seizure ever recorded at the Brunei border checkpoint.
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