PENANG Customs Department intercepted a consignment of drugs and seized 18kg of methamphetamine worth RM1.8 million found hidden in children’s bicycle tyres, in a raid on the courier company on Raja Uda Business Centre in Butterworth on December 22.

Penang Customs director Abdul Halim Ramli said acting on intelligence, a team from the department’s narcotics unit raided the courier company at 6pm and seized 10 crates of children bicycle frames and tyres.

“Upon search, the team found a total of 104 packets of methamphetamine hidden in the tyres. The drugs, weighing 18kg, are estimated to be worth RM1.8 million,” he told a press conference here today.

He said further investigations were being done to identify the sender, which is a bicycle seller in Penang, and the recipient overseas.

“We believe the drugs were meant to be smuggled out of the country and the gang had used the courier service as a tactic to fool the authorities,” he said.

Halim said no arrests were made so far.

“The public with information on such a syndicate or activity are urged to channel the information to the authority so that it can be curbed,” he said, adding that the case was being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. – Bernama, December 30, 2021.