Malaysian Police Suspect KLIA Staff Assisted Pilot in Smuggling Ecstasy to Indonesia

The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) have identified a staff member or officer at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) suspected of assisting in the smuggling of ecstasy to Indonesia by a co-pilot with the initials MSO.

Director of the Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID), Datuk Hussein Omar Khan, stated that the individual will be summoned soon to provide a statement.

“The individual is among the staff involved in inspections at KLIA. We will investigate and take a statement, and if proven, we will make an arrest,” Hussein said, as reported by BERNAMA in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.

Hussein said initial investigations indicate that the suspect, MSO, obtained the drugs at an apartment in Ampang, Malaysia. After arriving from Kinabalu, MSO returned to Kuala Lumpur to collect a suitcase containing the ecstasy before departing for Jakarta with the luggage.

Hussein added that his department is currently awaiting information from the Indonesian National Police to facilitate sending personnel to Indonesia to assist in providing testimony.

Previously, Indonesian Customs arrested the Malaysian co-pilot, MSO, for carrying 70,114 ecstasy pills weighing 26 kg. MSO attempted to smuggle the ecstasy through Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang, Banten.