Malaysian courier jailed 12 years for 13.984 kg of cannabis at Malta airport
Hou Lo Kah, 33, was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment and fined €20,000 after pleading guilty on 16 March 2026 to importing 13.984 kilogrammes of cannabis found in his suitcase when he landed at Malta International Airport from Dubai on 18 March 2025.
🇲🇹 Malta International Airport, Luqa · Malta
- Arrested
- 1
- Charged
- 1
- Cannabis
- 13.984 kg
- Prison
- 12 years
- Fine
- EUR 20,000
- Value (official estimate)
- EUR 153,833
Malaysian national Hou Lo Kah, 33, was jailed for 12 years and fined €20,000 after admitting he
imported cannabis through Malta International Airport.[1][2]
Customs officers stopped him on 18 March 2025 when he arrived from Dubai with a suitcase later found
to hold 28 packets of cannabis weighing 13.984 kilogrammes, with about 16% THC and an estimated
street value of €153,833.[1] He pleaded guilty on 16 March 2026 before Mr Justice Neville Camilleri,
who also ordered him to pay €6,465.85 in expert costs within two years.[1][2]
The court heard he carried only a small backpack of clothes besides the drug-filled suitcase and
that he cooperated with investigators after arrest.[1]
Sources
- Man jailed for 12 years after importing 14kgs of cannabis in his suitcase. The Times of Malta, 20 March 2026. Archived copy.
- Jailed for 12 years, fined €20,000 after being apprehended with 14 kg of cannabis at airport. TVMnews.mt, 25 June 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- TVM republished the same penalty on 25 June 2026 without giving the exact sentencing date; the report follows the Times of Malta date of the guilty plea.
- Outlets rounded the weight to about 14 kg while the expert figure was 13.984 kg.
- The prosecution's agreement on sentence was not broken down into separate counts in the accounts opened here.
