Malaysia’s Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) seized 61.42 kg of cannabis valued at RM191,544 in two separate operations at Kuala Perlis, Perlis.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] In the most recent operation, at about 8.15pm on 19 October 2026, a marine enforcement team from Kuala Perlis found three suspicious sacks on the jetty platform at Pulau Batu Layang, Simpang Empat.[1][2][5]

The sacks held 35 compressed blocks of suspected cannabis weighing 36.42 kg, which customs valued at RM116,544.[1][8][2][3][5][6] Perlis customs director Mohammad Furiman Hattar said the packages were believed to have been deliberately left at the disused jetty for someone else to collect, so that the syndicate’s movements would not be noticed.[1][2][3][5] Customs believed the drugs had been smuggled in from Thailand.[2][6] They were believed to be intended for markets outside Perlis, including the Klang Valley.[7] Customs said the syndicate brought the drugs from a neighbouring country less than 1.5 km from the state’s maritime border.[7] The packages on the rocky island were hidden behind a metal plate on its platform to avoid detection from the sea.[3][9][7]

In the earlier operation, customs officers found two suspicious sacks left on a disused platform on the Sungai Kuala Perlis near Taman Pelangi in August.[8][2][9][5][6] Those two sacks carried Thai lettering.[7] Those sacks contained a black plastic bag with 25 compressed blocks of suspected cannabis weighing 25 kg and worth an estimated RM75,000.[8][2] That earlier seizure was made at about 9.30pm on 28 August 2026.[2][3][9][5][7] Furiman said customs believed the drugs from the two cases could have supplied about 199,000 addicts had they gone through.[8][3]

He said the two cases are still under investigation under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which covers trafficking.[8][2][3][5]