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Iranians top list of drug smugglers in Indonesia
JAKARTA: The Indonesian government announced that Iranian nationals are the most common smugglers of class-A drugs into the country as of January this year
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AKARTA: The Indonesian government announced that Iranian nationals are the most common smugglers of class-A drugs into the country as of January this year.
Malaysians were the next-highest group, with eight suspects arrested so far this year, followed by India with six suspects, tempointeraktif.com reported.
The Customs and Excise Office at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, has caught 15 Iranian nationals this year linked to 22 cases. It has also seized a total 115 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, ketamine, heroin, cocaine and marijuana.
“All of the evidence together is worth Rp 278 billion (US$30.5 million) at market value,” the office’s head Baduri Wijayanta said Sunday.
All of the arrested Iranian smugglers were believed to be part of an Iran-based international drug syndicate, he added.
The office’s head of prosecutions Gatot Sugeng Wibowo said the syndicate may be unaware that Indonesia enforced the death penalty for drug smuggling.
The 2009 Narcotics Law carries the death penalty and a Rp 10 billion fine for anyone in possession of more than 5 grams of illicit drugs. — JP
