Australia seizes 336kg of heroin smuggled from Malaysia
The drugs are worth an estimated RM789.56 million.
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The police yesterday confirmed that Australian authorities had succeeded in confiscating 336kg of heroin brought in a container via Brisbane from Malaysia on March 13.
Police spokesman Noorsiah Mohd Saaduddin said the drugs were estimated to be worth A$268.8 million (RM789.56 million).
"Bukit Aman Narcotics CID is conducting an investigation based on information received from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) before taking further action," she said in a statement last night.
AFP, in a statement last week, announced that the Australian Border Force (ABF) had detected the drugs hidden in two concrete blocks of cement, each weighing 500kg.
According to the statement, an inspection found the consignment was declared as solar panels in the container which arrived on March 13 at Brisbane Port from Malaysia.
The statement said ABF officers inspected the container and detected hundreds of packages hidden in the cement concrete blocks. Test results on the substance in the packages confirmed it was heroin.
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