Malaysia - Famous for wrong reasons

US$405m heroin seized

A portion of the 168 kilograms of heroin detected by Australian Customs in Sydney. -- PHOTO: AFP

SYDNEY - A MOTHER and son have been charged over one of Australia's biggest heroin hauls after drugs with a potential street value of 405 million US dollars (S$523 million) were found in a shipment of doors, police said on Monday. They said 168 kilogrammes (370 pounds) of heroin was detected by customs officers who X-rayed a shipment of 295 wooden doors from Malaysia and discovered that 10 contained packages of white powder. 'A seizure of this magnitude is significant,' Australian Federal Police Commander David Stewart told reporters, saying that the last of such a size was in 2002. 'This importation is the fifth largest in Australian history.' Mr Stewart said the heroin was worth 58.8 million dollars (Aus) (S$75.03 million) in its current form but had the potential to be worth as much as 410 million Australian dollars on the street depending on how many times it was cut. Police allowed the doors to be delivered to their destination, and then charged a 55-year-old Sydney woman and her son, 28, along with a 33-year-old Hong Kong man after they allegedly removed the heroin and took it away. All three have been charged with attempting to possess a commercial quantity of heroin and face a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. -- AFP

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Big question, how on earth did that amount of drug got out of malaysia undetected and how malaysia manage to manufacture this amount of drugs in the first place?

Wow. Malaysia Boleh. Apa apa pun boleh....

wat 2 do! all wan 2 drive Bmw n SLK.

This is crazy. If its from Thailand or Myanmar, then you wouldnt have think twice due proximity to Golden Triangle. But my goodness, its Malaysia...

932 do d job!

Madness...can't imagine the magnitude of damages if the powder was undetected & landed on the street...Scary...

assembly n cut in malaysia

distribute n sell in australia

money wash in spore

I dun think they will check when exporting. If thats the case, the custom checkpoints at JB and Tuas will be super jam everyday.

slinger wrote:

assembly n cut in malaysia

distribute n sell in australia

money wash in spore

Shh...on the last sentence.

Agreed....