KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 3 -- Malaysian police are investigating whether a drug syndicate used flight crews and air routes to smuggle narcotics after a Malaysia Airlines pilot was accused of transporting RM45 million worth of ecstasy into Indonesia.

The Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department is seeking CCTV footage from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to establish how the alleged smuggling operation was carried out, Utusan Malaysia reported today.

The department's director, Datuk Hussein Omar Khan, said checks showed that the pilot had no previous criminal record with the Royal Malaysia Police.

"For now, everything is still being handled by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department team," he said.

"We cannot disclo...