Malaysian authorities recovered 240 kilograms of cannabis valued at 5.34 million ringgit from a vehicle abandoned at a rail construction site in Bentong, Pahang. Pahang police chief Yahaya Othman reported that officers responded to the East Coast Rail Link location after a contractor noticed the suspicious car parked on a weighbridge along Jalan Lama Bentong-Bukit Tinggi on November 4.
Investigators found 120 plastic packets of cannabis buds stored in nine boxes and another 120 compressed packets inside four sacks within the vehicle. The car bore valid registration plates linked to a Johor resident whom police are attempting to locate. Yahaya indicated that hired couriers may have been transporting the narcotics before abandoning the vehicle at the construction zone.
Authorities are pursuing the case under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which authorizes capital punishment for convictions. No arrests have occurred.
Investigators found 120 plastic packets of cannabis buds stored in nine boxes and another 120 compressed packets inside four sacks within the vehicle. The car bore valid registration plates linked to a Johor resident whom police are attempting to locate. Yahaya indicated that hired couriers may have been transporting the narcotics before abandoning the vehicle at the construction zone.
Authorities are pursuing the case under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which authorizes capital punishment for convictions. No arrests have occurred.
