Bali airport customs arrest Indian national for allegedly carrying drug
The Jakarta Post, Sat, 02/13/2010 9:59 AM
Customs officer at Ngurah Rai Airport in Denpasar, Bali, arrested Saturday a 35-year-old Indian national for allegedly carrying 9.8 kilogram of ketamine inside a water heater.
The man, identified as Rangaswary Mohammed Umar, had refused officers examining the water heater before they found the drug.
“He said it was a donation for an Islamic school,” Bagus Endro, head of investigation at the airport customs office, said as quoted by kompas.com.
Umar claimed that he was only a courier and was paid 5,000 rupees (around Rp 1 million or US$ 107) to bring the drug to Bali.
Umar arrived in Bali on a Thai Airways flight from New Delhi via Bangkok.
Bagus said they would hand the suspect to the local police. Umar is facing up to 15 years in jail if convicted in the crime.
Ketamine is an anesthetic used for animals and humans, but its psychedelic side effects make it a popular recreational drug.
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