DRUG CASES: 39- NIGERIAN MAY FACE DEATH SENTENCE IF CONVICTED IN MALAYSIA

The Malaysian Federal Narcotics Criminal Investigations director Comm Datuk Seri Noor Rashid Ibrahim said that the Police had crippled a Nigerian drug syndicate in the Klang Valley with the arrest of 11 suspects aged between 24 and 54, after more than a year of being under surveillance.

Comm.Noor Rashid said:
"The two leaders were arrested in two different high-end condominium units in Bangsar.
“They are very active in the smuggling of drugs for the distribution in South-East Asia.
“Among the 11 were also a local woman from Sarawak and a woman from Tanzania.
“We have identified the local woman as a drug mule used by the syndicate," he said at a press conference Monday.

Comm Noor Rashid said in October alone,39 Nigerians have been arrested for their involvement in drug possession, distribution and smuggling in the country.The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries the mandatory death sentence if convicted.

Source: Malaysia Star