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A couple was arrested for attempting to smuggle 5.98 kilogramme of Syabu worth more than RM600,000 at the Senai International Airport in Kulai, Johor yesterday.

The suspects, a woman aged 35 along with her husband, 52, were nabbed after police officers detected something suspicious while scanning their luggage.

The police officers then ordered both suspects to open the luggage but they refused and gave various excuses to escape the check.

Futher investigations found that the female suspect, who was from Kluang, was scheduled to depart for Kota Kinabalu at 7.25am yesterday and expected to return to Johor Bahru at 5.20pm the same day.

Both suspects were investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries the mandatory death penalty, upon conviction.