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Drugs bust at Soekarno-Hatta
Customs officers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport intercepted an attempt to smuggle 7,378 grams (g) of crystal methamphetamine from Malaysia, with a street value of almost Rp 10 billion (US$880,000) on Friday
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ustomsofficers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport intercepted an attemptto smuggle 7,378 grams (g) of crystal methamphetamine from Malaysia, witha street value of almost Rp 10 billion (US$880,000) on Friday.
Two
Indonesian migrant workers, identified as MGR and MH, were detained. Customs
office head Purwidi said the two suspects claimed they were asked by a
man, called MS in Kuala Lumpur, to take the drugs with them to Surabaya
and would be paid Rp 15 million on delivery.
The suspects were taken into custody by the National
Narcotics Body (BNN) to undergo further questioning.
BNN's spokesman Sr. Comr. Soemirat Dwiyanto said
that using Indonesian migrant workers as mules was happening more often.
He explained that this was the sixth time this year that customs had
intercepted drugs smuggled in by migrant workers travelling from Malaysia to Surabaya.
Since
January, officers have foiled 69 smuggling cases and arrested 40
Indonesians, two (South African), 11 (Chinese), four (Filipinos), two (Nigerians),
six (Taiwanese), one (American), five (Malaysian), four (Indian) and one
(Vietnamese) as suspects.
In total 87,888g crystal methamphetamine, 11,453g
ketamine, 289.5g heroin, 774g cocaine and 414,585 ecstasy pills worth Rp
275.4 billion.
Drug smuggling incidents have increased, 16
cases in 2008, 38 cases in 2009, 63 cases in 2010, 52 in 2011, 39 cases
last year and 69 between January and October this year. (dic)
