JOHOR BAHRU, Dec. 18 -- The Johor Customs Department has busted two illicit drug smuggling syndicates, one with international links, that employs courier services after enforcement officers seized 13.17 kilogrammes (kg) of cannabis worth RM1.29 million in two cases here last month.

Two men, a local and a Philippines national, were arrested during the operations that was carried out in Johor Bahru and Senai.

Johor Customs Department director Aminul Izmeer Mohd Sohaimi said the first case involved an attempt to smuggle out the illicit drugs via a courier company in Senai on November 26.

"Customs Department narcotics enforcement operatives intercepted two outgoing parcels destined for the United Kingdom and detained a 21-year-old local ma...