00:00Five Malaysians have been arrested at Tokyo's Haneda Airport
00:04for allegedly trying to smuggle about 5kg of cocaine
00:07worth 120 million yen or 3.1 million ringgit beneath their shoe in Seoul.
00:14The group was arrested on Saturday
00:15and is believed to have brought the drugs from Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
00:20Each suspect allegedly carried about 1kg of cocaine
00:23with around 500g concealed beneath the insole of each shoe,
00:27Fuji News Network reported.
00:30Customs officers became suspicious of one suspect
00:32and found cocaine beneath the insoles of two people.
00:36They then identified three others believed to be travelling with them.
00:39One suspect claimed he was offered 8,000 ringgit through Telegram
00:44to transport drugs overseas and was given a pair of shoes
00:47in which to conceal them, according to Japan's TBS News.
00:51Tokyo Metropolitan Police are investigating
00:53whether the five were recruited by a Malaysia-based criminal syndicate.
00:57Last month, five Malaysians were detained
01:00at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
01:03for allegedly smuggling 5kg of synthetic drug etomidate
01:07concealed in their shoes.
01:09In July, a Malaysian pilot was also arrested at the same airport
01:13for allegedly smuggling more than 70,000 ecstasy pills
01:16weighing 25kg into Indonesia.
01:19Adrian Fernandez, FMT
01:21Adrian Fernandez, FMT
