UNWELL IRANIAN FOUND CARRYING DRUGS IN STOMACH

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 13 (Bernama) -- An Iranian national complained of severe
abdominal pain upon flying into Kuala Lumpur Wednesday and was sent to hospital
where surgeons removed 765 grammes of syabu in capsules from his stomach.

Putrajaya police chief ACP Abdul Razak Abdul Majid said the 52-year-old man
fell ill at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) and was sent to the Islamic
Medical Centre (Pusrawi) at KL International Airport.

However, Pusrawi sent him to the Putrajaya Hospital at 7pm, he said.

"Surgeons removed 137 compressed slabs in the form of capsules, all weighing
765 grammes, from his stomach. The value of the drugs has yet to be determined,"
he said when contacted by Bernama Thursday.

He also said police had yet to obtain information on the man's destination
and his identity.

The man was under treatment at the hospital's intensive care unit and would
be investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act, he said. The act
provides for the death sentence for drug traficking, upon conviction.
-- BERNAMA