KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 — Drug syndicates along the Malaysia-Thailand border have been caught smuggling contraband hidden in the rectums of livestock, the General Operations Force (GOF) has revealed.

GOF southeast brigade commander Ahmad Radzi Hussain told Berita Harian that the tactic, especially along the Kelantan border, is not new, with cows and pigs used to transport drugs such as marijuana and methamphetamine.