KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia police reported they had arrested a Thai woman believed to be carrying some 38 kilograms of a crystalline substance believed to be the drug syabu. She was detained at the Bukit Kayu Hitam Immigration Complex on Friday after her bag was scanned. If she is convicted of drug trafficking, the Thai woman could face the death penalty. Kedah Customs director Abd Aziz Abdul Latif said the drugs were worth an estimated RM722,000, which were stuffed into four plastic packets and were discovered concealed at the bottom of the bag. He said the 33-year-old woman, who was travelling with two children, was among passengers who had come from a bus bound for Kuala Lumpur from Hatyai. The suspect, who has no previous record, has been detained and will be investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 for drug trafficking which carries a mandatory death sentence. Meanwhile, he said Kedah Customs seized firecrackers worth RM3,330 in ‘Ramadan Ops' since August 1.
