It has been said that whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.
One pick-up truck — which reportedly skidded and plunged down a slope along a village road near Arau — apparently proved this, when its 150kg load of cannabis spilled onto the road.
The Star Online‘s G.C Tan reports that the driver of the Thai-registered truck had tried to steer the vehicle back onto the road near Kampung Rambai but failed.
The vehicle overturned, and out came 150 slabs of compressed cannabis, weighing approximately 1kg each.
The driver reportedly fled before police arrived.
“It is believed that the driver was speeding as he headed towards Jalan Kuala Perlis-Changlun when the accident occurred,” Arau district police chief Supt Nanda Maarof was quoted as saying, adding that the drugs were worth about RM360,000.
“The front bumper and rear cargo compartment of the truck were modified to hide the compressed slabs of cannabis, believed to be for the local market,” he was quoted further.
Police told The Star that they are in the midst of locating the owner of the vehicle.
