Man held at Penang airport with 40 kg of cannabis buds
Police arrested a 28-year-old man from Miri at Penang International Airport on 18 October 2026 with about 40 kg of suspected cannabis buds in two bags. Police valued the drugs at RM3.2 million and said he was paid RM9,000 as a mule to carry them to London.
🇲🇾 Penang International Airport, Bayan Lepas · Malaysia
Police detained a 28-year-old unemployed man from Miri, Sarawak, at about 5 pm
on 18 October 2026 while he waited for a flight at Gate B1 of Penang
International Airport in Bayan Lepas.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]Officers from police together with
the Royal Malaysian Customs Department found the drugs inside two pieces of
luggage he was carrying.[1]
The luggage held about 40 kilograms of suspected cannabis buds.[1][2][3][4][5][8][9][6][10][11][7]Police
valued the cannabis at RM3.2 million and said the man was acting as a drug mule
tasked with carrying it to London.[12][2][3][4][13][9][6][10][7]The man had arrived in Penang only two
days earlier, said he was acting on another person’s instructions, and was
promised RM9,000 for the trip in what police believed was his first cross-border
air-trafficking attempt.[12][3][4][7]
A urine screening found him positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine, and a
records check found two prior crime-related records.[1][8][6][10][7]He was remanded for 13
days from 19 to 31 October for investigation under Section 39B of the Dangerous
Drugs Act 1952.[1][7]
The suspect was charged in court on 30 October and pleaded not guilty.[13]
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Source: TVSPhoto published with the report captioned as police detaining a local man with 40 kg of cannabis buds worth RM3.2 million for suspected smuggling to London in the LTAPP raid on 18 October.Photo details
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No court outcome beyond the 19-31 October remand was reported.
The same articles describe a separate Jelutong drug operation involving MDMA, Erimin 5, ketamine and syabu liquid; it is a different event left out here and its drugs are not counted in cannabis figures.
The press-conference photo caption refers to seized drugs generally, so whether the pictured display shows only this cannabis seizure is not established.
This article also describes a separate Jelutong apartment drug operation involving MDMA powder, Erimin 5, ketamine and syabu liquid; it is a different event left out here and its drugs are not counted as cannabis.
The submitted article also describes a separate 1 November Jelutong apartment operation involving MDMA, Erimin 5, ketamine and liquid methamphetamine; it is a different event left out here and its drugs are not counted as cannabis.
The submitted article also describes a separate Jelutong apartment drug operation involving MDMA powder, Erimin 5, ketamine and syabu liquid; it is a different event left out here and its drugs are not counted as cannabis.
This article also describes a separate Jelutong apartment drug operation involving MDMA powder, Erimin-5, ketamine and liquid methamphetamine; it is a different event left out here and its drugs are not counted as cannabis.
The submitted video page gives only the headline about 40kg of dadah with no article body identifying the substance, place or date; cannabis identification and event details come from the corroborating Astro Awani report.
The Kosmo account dates the arrest only as about two weeks before its 2 November 2026 publication; the 18 October 2026 date comes from the report's earlier sources.
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