JOHOR BARU, June 26 -- Two Malaysian men have been charged with attempting to smuggle RM6.356 million worth of undeclared local and foreign currencies out of Malaysia to Singapore through the Second Link checkpoint in Gelang Patah.

The smuggling attempt is the single biggest amount of smuggled money caught nationwide this year to date.

"This is the biggest haul in undeclared currency seizure this year for Malaysia and Johor," Johor Customs Department director Datuk Mohammad Hamidan Maryani told a news conference at Menara Kastam Johor here.

He said the cash was found in four boxes inside a Honda Accord car bonnet on June 18, during a border inspection for vehicles leaving Malaysia for Singapore and that the two men in the car, aged 25 ...