Iranian trio arrested for drug smuggling attempt
News maker: Journalists take pictures of Soekarno-Hatta airport customs office head Bahaduri Wijayanta following a press conference on the arrest of three Iranians for a drug smuggling attempt. The Iranian nationals were presented during the conference on Wednesday.-- JP/Multa Fidrus
Customs and excise officers have arrested three Iranians at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport for attempting to smuggle two kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from Tehran into the country.
The arrest on Tuesday has brought the number of Iranian nationals apprehended for drug smuggling attempt to 11 since January.
Bahaduri Wijayanta, head of customs office at the airport, identified the latest three suspects as Jeihouni Sohrab, 28, Fadaelfatehviri Fardin, 33 and Nousratpour Sohrab, 40. The latter is a woman.
Making their first trip to Indonesia, the three Iranians arrived at the airport on Tuesday aboard Qatar Airways flight QR-672 that flew from Doha.
“Our profile analyses conducted on passengers found the three suspects displayed suspicious behavior so that we decided to examine them,” Bahaduri told a media conference at his office on Wednesday.
The officers found a total of 990 grams crystal methamphetamine hidden in false concealments under the sandals of Jeihouni and Fardin. Another 1,040 grams of the same drug was concealed in the luggage pushers carried by Nousratpour.
“All the suspects admitted to having been promised payment worth US$900 each for delivering the drug to someone in Jakarta,” Bahaduri said.
The suspects will be charged with violating Article 113 of the 2009 anti-narcotics law. If proven guilty, the suspects will face maximum penalty of death.
Airport police chief Sr. Comr. Tornagogo said that police were intensifying their crackdown on drug at the domestic terminal under an operation code named Nila, which started on June 4.
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