The courier industry must strengthen cooperation with the police and customs authorities to curb the misuse of delivery services for criminal activities, including drug smuggling, says communications minister Fahmi Fadzil.
The government spokesman said maintaining the industry’s integrity is crucial following several cases of courier services being abused to smuggle drugs worth millions of ringgit over the past year.
Fahmi cited the Sarawak customs department’s seizure of more than 42kg of ecstasy pills worth over RM7 million in July following a police operation a month earlier that busted the state’s largest drug syndicate, with RM8.53 million worth of drugs.
The drugs were believed to have been sent through courier packages from Peninsular Malaysia.
Fahmi said customs…