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RI, Malaysian customs foil 5 kg drug-smuggling attempt

Indonesian and Malaysian Customs Offices have foiled an attempt to smuggle 5 kilograms of crystallize methamphetamine worth more than Rp 6 billion (US$442,600) into Indonesia

The Jakarta Post
Mon, August 10, 2015

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RI, Malaysian customs foil 5 kg drug-smuggling attempt

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ndonesian and Malaysian Customs Offices have foiled an attempt to smuggle 5 kilograms of crystallize methamphetamine worth more than Rp 6 billion (US$442,600) into Indonesia.

The meth was found in an unnamed boat seized by the joint patrol team of Indonesian and Malaysian Customs and Excise Offices in Riau on Saturday.

The team also arrested five people on board, including two passengers, who were suspected of carrying the meth from Malaysia.

'€œThey carry the meth from Malaysia by hitching on an unregistered boat,'€ a local official, Agus Wahyono, said as quoted by tribunnews.com on Monday. (rad/ika)(++++)

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