Fed: Two remanded after heroin seizure

AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2003
Fed: Two remanded after heroin seizure

Two Malaysian men have been remanded in custody over the seizure of more than $2 million
worth of heroin at Brisbane International Airport.

Twenty-three-year-old KUAN HUI CHIA and 17-year-old KHOON TAN appeared in Brisbane
Magistrates Court today.

They arrived with a tour group on a flight from Malaysia on Thursday.

Customs officers allegedly found four packages, weighing around three and a half kilograms,
taped to their bodies.

Heroin was allegedly detected in the packages.

CHIA and TAN have both been charged with importing and possessing a prohibited drug,
and have been remanded in custody to reappear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

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KEYWORD: HEROIN (BRISBANE)

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