Three Malaysians held with 76 kg of cannabis at Plaisance airport
Anti-drug and customs officers arrested three Malaysian nationals at Plaisance airport after finding 70 packets of cannabis weighing 76 kg in their suitcases. The group had arrived from Dubai on flight EK 709 and was placed in police detention after a controlled delivery failed to draw the intended recipients.
🇲🇺 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, Plaisance · Mauritius
Arrested
3
Cannabis
76 kg
Three Malaysian nationals who arrived on flight EK 709 from Dubai were searched
at Plaisance airport.[1]The three passengers were two men and a woman.[1]The three suspects were placed in police detention.[1]
The search by the Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit and the Customs Anti-Narcotics
Section found 70 packets of cannabis weighing 76 kilos hidden in suitcases.[1]Foreign currency was also seized from the three passengers.[1]The two units
then carried out a controlled delivery operation to identify the recipients of
the drugs.[1]Those recipients did not come forward.[1]
The seizure was carried out by the Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit and the Customs
Anti-Narcotics Section at Plaisance airport on Tuesday.[1]Inspectors Gopala
and Lepois are leading the investigation under Assistant Superintendent of
Police Goinden and Superintendent of Police Ghoora.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the Plaisance seizure report, captioned 'drogue'. Source: Defimedia.info
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Customs officers at Mauritius airport stopped a 70-year-old Malaysian man arriving on flight MK647 from Malaysia on 15 September 2026 and found 6.18 kg of cannabis hidden among clothing in his luggage, worth Rs 9.27 million. He was handed to the Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit with the exhibits.
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