Police arrested a 29-year-old Singaporean at Sultan Azlan Shah Airport in Ipoh after RM1.5 million worth of dried cannabis leaves was found in his luggage. The man was lured by a S$4,000 (RM12,685) job offer promising payment for delivering what he believed was a package containing counterfeit luxury-branded goods to London. Perak police chief Commissioner Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin said the syndicate allegedly targeted less busy airports to reduce the chance of detection, with the drugs concealed in passengers’ luggage before being sent as cargo. The suspect was caught after auxiliary police spotted a suspicious piece of luggage during baggage inspection at the check-in counter at about 6.20am on November 8. His flight plan was from Ipoh to Singapore, where he would transit before continuing to London. Further inspection of a Caggioni-branded zippered suitcase revealed 36 transparent plastic packets of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis flower, weighing about 19,040 grammes. Police valued the drugs at RM1,523,200. A preliminary urine screening found the suspect tested negative for drugs, and checks showed he had no previous criminal record. He was remanded for seven days from November 8. Investigators are probing the case under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. If convicted, the offence carries the death penalty or life imprisonment and whipping of not less than 12 strokes.