Malaysian Deputy Foreign Minister Richard Riot said that men in the syndicates, many from Nigeria and South Africa, 'picked up' their unsuspecting victims on Facebook, promising them rewards to carry packages for them.
'It has been happening for quite some time, these girls are being lured by these men on Facebook, these men chat with them, become friends, gain the girls' trust then use them as drug mules to smuggle narcotics,' he told AFP.
'They even offer to pay for holidays to Japan, China and South America, asking the girls to carry packages, bags or gifts that contain drugs,' he added. 'We are advising these Internet savvy university-aged girls to think before accepting such holidays and gifts as such things always come with strings attached.'
Mr Riot said that 785 out of 1,560 Malaysians arrested overseas since 1991 were drug mules, including 149 women. Seventy of those on drug trafficking charges are facing death sentences, he said, but was unable to say how many were recruited on Facebook.COPIED AND PASTED FROM THIS LINK
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