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ANGERANG: Customs and excise officers at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport have arrested two more Iranians for smuggling 2,160 grams crystal methamphetamine (shabu-shabu) worth Rp 3.2 billion (US$363,300) from Tehran.

Airport customs office chief Iyan Rubiantom identified the suspects as AAF, 28, an insurance company employee in Tehran and AAS, 35, who is reportedly unemployed.

“The two suspects flew from Tehran to Jakarta on Emirates flight EK-358 and arrived at terminal II on Sunday evening,” Iyan told reporters in a press conference on Monday.

Officers in charge of observing arriving passengers at the terminal became suspicious because the suspects, who were on their first trip to Indonesia, looked nervous.

“Scanning device at the check points identified no strange objects hidden in their luggage. Officers then conducted body search and found the drug hidden in their underwear,” he said, adding that both suspects testified that they were asked by a man called Hasan to bring the drugs to Jakarta. — JP