Nigerian and Australian arrested with drug in Malaysia

A Nigerian man and an Australian woman
have been arrested in Malaysia after drugs
were discovered in the car they were driving
in the capital Kuala Lumpur, police said
Saturday.
Police arrested the duo after stopping their
car and finding one kilogram (2.2 pounds) of
methamphetamine on July 17, federal
narcotics chief Noor Rashid Ibrahim said.
The two were in custody and being
investigated for drug trafficking. Noor Rashid
did not immediately have further details.
Drug trafficking carries a mandatory death sentence by hanging in Malaysia, where hundreds
of people are on death row, mostly for drug offences.
Anyone found to be in possession of at least 50 grams of methamphetamine is considered a
trafficker.
In March, Australian Dominic Jude Christopher Bird, 32, was charged with drug trafficking.
The truck driver from Perth in Western Australia was arrested March 1 in Kuala Lumpur in
possession of 225 grams of methamphetamine.