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Airport customs nab drug ring accomplice
Tue, 04/29/2008 12:39 PM | City
TANGERANG: Customs officers at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport arrested Sunday a Taiwanese passenger for the alleged involvement in a recent foiled drug smuggling attempt, an officer said Monday.
"The suspect, identified as IK, 44, is suspected to be an accomplice of a drug ring trying to smuggle 7.2 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine into the country from Hong Kong," said head of investigation at the office, Eko Darmanto, as quoted by Tempointeraktif.com.
The customs officers last week arrested the two passengers who had hidden the drugs worth Rp 10.8 billion (US$1.24 million) in biscuit packets.
Eko said his office got the information about the suspect from immigration officers about to fly to Hong Kong.
"He is suspected to be the supervisor of crystal methamphetamine distribution in Indonesia. We haven't got any evidence but the case has been handed over to the police," he said. -- JP
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