19 September 2012 :

two Iranians were sent to the gallows after the Malaysian High Court found them guilty of trafficking in 11kg and 9kg of methamphetamine respectively at the Penang International Airport in May last year. Judicial Commissioner Mohd Amin Firdaus Abdullah found factory worker Reza Fariji Khodavirdi, 29, and jeweller Ebrahim Sadeghlaroudi Housseinali, 31, who were jointly tried for two drug offences, guilty after the defence failed to raise reasonable doubt over the charges. Reza had trafficked some 11.430 kg of methamphetamine near the luggage carousel at the domestic arrival terminal of the airport on May 17 last year at about 7.40pm. Ebrahim, meanwhile, trafficked 9.561 kg of the methamphetamine at the same place and day about 15 minutes later. The charges were read under Section 39A(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries a mandatory death sentence upon conviction. The drugs were found concealed in cereal boxes in the men's luggage. Mohd Amin said it was not possible for Reza to have travelled from Dubai to Penang, carrying two luggage bags filled with cereal boxes containing the drugs he had received from one Ali, without being aware of what he was doing.