Customs seize 31 kg of crystal meth at airport
Big catch: Police and customs officers display Friday packages of crystal methamphetamine totaling 31 kilograms seized from a cargo terminal at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang. Since January officers have foiled attempts to smuggle 140 kilograms of drug. – JP/Multa Fidrus
Customs and excise officials at Soekarno-Hatta Airport have seized 31 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, locally known as shabu-shabu, worth Rp 69 billion (US$7.6 million) from a cargo terminal.
Wijayanta Bahaduri, head of the airport's customs office, said Friday that the drugs had been sent from Tehran via Qatar Airways and were addressed to a man named Mahmoud at a hotel room in Jakarta. The drugs were discovered Thursday at Jasa Angkasa Semesta cargo terminal by a customs tactical unit.
“This is a new modus of drug smuggling - the package description said the item was a dressing table,” Bahaduri told a press conference at the airport.
He said the drugs had been wrapped and mixed with disassembled parts of a wooden dressing table. Officers examined the package and found 31.3 kilograms crystal methamphetamine hidden inside.
“The method was pretty nifty – designed so that no one would think the board pieces contained drugs.” he said.
Customs and excise director Thomas Sujata said customs officers had now foiled 21 drug smuggling attempts at the airport since January, confiscating 140 kilograms of drugs.
“If we suppose that each gram of those drugs was intended for one person, that means we have saved 156,290 people from drugs,” Thomas said.
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