Soekarno-Hatta officers foil attempt to smuggle drugs worth Rp 2.76b
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 08/27/2010 1:47 PM
Customs and excise officers at the Soekarno-Hatta airport has foiled an attempt to smuggle 1.38 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine worth around Rp 2.76 billion (US$306,956) by an Indonesian citizen identified as L. Sandra.
“The crystal methamphetamine was concealed at the partition of his suitcase,” head of the customs and excise office's action and investigation section Gatot Sugeng Wibowo said on Friday as was quoted by tempointeraktif.com.
Sandra was a passenger of Air Asia (flight No. QZ 7717) from Bangkok to Jakarta. The 20-year-old man hailing from Pangkal Pinang, Bangka-Belitung province, arrived at Soekarno-Hatta airport early on Thursday.
The officers immediately arrested him after searching inspecting the content of his suitcase following his suspicious movement, Gatot said.
He further explained that Sandra was the eighth Indonesian citizen ever arrested at the airport this year in connection with alleged involvement in an international drug trafficking networks.
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