KUALA LUMPUR: A TOTAL of 452 drug mules were arrested at Malaysian entry points between 2010 and last year. Last year, police nabbed nine drugs couriers at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Penang International Airport, Sandakan Airport, Senai Airport and Langkawi International Airport. Commenting on why Malaysians, particularly women, were often tricked into becoming drug mules, he said they were lured by friends or “lovers”. “These wives start off as the couriers, later they even ‘recruit’ their own friends to be mules. “Recently, a Malaysian was arrested in Bali when the authorities found drugs in his rectum.

Source: New Strait Times April 04, 2018 00:45 UTC