A Nigerian man and an Australian woman have been arrested in
Malaysia after drugs were discovered in the car they were driving in the
capital Kuala Lumpur, police said yesterday.
Police arrested the duo after stopping their car and
finding one kilogramme of methamphetamine on July 17, federal narcotics
chief Noor Rashid Ibrahim said.
The two are in custody and being investigated for drug trafficking. Noor Rashid did not immediately have further details.
Drug
trafficking carries a mandatory death sentence by hanging in Malaysia,
where hundreds of people are on the death row, mostly for drug offences.
Anyone found to be in possession of at least 50 grams of methamphetamine is considered a trafficker.
In March, Australian Dominic Jude Christopher Bird, 32, was charged with drug trafficking.
The
truck driver from Perth in Western Australia was arrested March 1 in
Kuala Lumpur in possession of 225 grams of methamphetamine
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