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ANGERANG: Customs and Excise Office seized 3.9 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine worth Rp 5.9 billion (US$659,000) and 2,033 grams of heroin worth Rp 10.1 billion in three foiled smuggling attempts at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport last weekend.
Officers had arrested two Cambodian women and a Thai girl as suspects in the smuggling attempts, Banten Customs and Excise Office chief Nasar Salim said Tuesday.
“In our continuing investigations, we have also arrested a Nigerian man and an Indonesian woman as the alleged recipients of the drugs in a hotel in Central Jakarta,” he said.
Since January, customs officers have foiled up to 50 drug trafficking attempts through the airport, with a total street value of up to Rp 341 billion, Nasar said. — JP
