Malaysia finds drugs in Iranians' luggage: reports

The 120 pounds (54.5 kilograms) of methamphetamine was in plastic bags stuffed among clothes in two hand-carried suitcases, The Star newspaper quoted customs investigations director Zainul Abidin Taib as saying.

It said customs officers detained the man and two women at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport upon their arrival late Friday from Dubai. They have not been charged.

The drugs were estimated to be worth 13.6 million ringgit (US$4 million), the reports said. The New Straits Times newspaper said it was the biggest drug haul in three years and that 10 Iranians now have been detained on suspicion of smuggling drugs into Malaysia this year.

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