MEDAN (AFP): Indonesia has detained two Malaysians for allegedly trying to smuggle some 12,000 face masks back to their home country, police said Thursday (March 12).
Officials at the international airport in Sumatra's Medan city became suspicious and searched the pair's bags as they were about to board a flight to Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday evening, authorities said.
The masks were confiscated and the suspects would be deported today without any criminal charges, they added.
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