ISKANDAR PUTERI, March 4 -- The Johor Customs Department said it had foiled a drug smuggling attempt after the illicit substance was discovered hidden with chocolates during a raid on a vehicle in Melaka last month.

The department's enforcement team also arrested a local man in his 30s who is believed to be a courier with the seizure of a Toyota Vios car in Durian Tunggal, Melaka at 3pm on February 14.

Johor Customs Department director Aminul Izmeer Mohd Sohaimi said the enforcement officers stopped the Toyota Vios driven by the suspect for inspection.

He said the enforcement officers found 14 packs of what is believed to be crystal methamphetamine that was hidden among several packets of chocolate, sugar and barium sulfate in the rear...