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Housewife arrested for alleged smuggling of meth in shoe heels
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A 44-year-old woman allegedly attempted to smuggle 511.19 grams of meth in the heels of her shoes. (Shutterstock/File)
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he Jakarta Police narcotics division arrested on Sunday a housewife named Budiyah for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Cengkareng, Tangerang.
The 44-year-old allegedly attempted to smuggle 511.19 grams of meth in the heels of her shoes.
“We got tipped off that there was a woman smuggling crystal meth from Pontianak [West Kalimantan] to Jakarta,” narcotics unit sub-directorate chief Sr. Adj. Comr. Jean Calvijn told Warta Kota on Monday.
The police followed Budiyah soon after her arrival at the airport, Calvijn added, until she handed over the shoes she was wearing to a man named Johari.
“That was when we detained them and found six small sacks of meth nicely packed inside the modified shoes’ heels,” he explained.
Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Argo Yuwono said both Budiyah and Johari were taken to the Jakarta Police detention center.
“We had also raided Johari’s apartment in Central Jakarta,” he said, noting that the police were attempting to dig deeper into the alleged meth network in Pontianak.
Argo went on to explain that during the raid, the police had seized 10 mobile phones, an SUV, a motorcycle and Rp 45 million (US$3,269) in cash allegedly earned from the illegal drug industry. (vla)
