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View all search resultsCustoms foils attempt to smuggle 2.5 kg of gold jewelry from Malaysia
Customs officers also foiled attempts to smuggle 1,018 grams of methamphetamine and 797 used iPhones.
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Batam Customs and Excise Directorate General head Zaky Firmansyah (third right) and other leaders display gold jewelry and other confiscated goods on Wednesday during a press conference in Batam, Riau Islands. The other confiscated goods included 1,018 grams of methamphetamine and 797 used iPhones. (JP/Fadli)
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he Batam Office of the Customs and Excise Directorate General foiled an attempt to smuggle gold using body straps at the International Ferry Terminal in Batam Center in Batam, Riau Islands, on Sept. 22.
Office head Zaky Firmansyah said that customs officers suspect a passenger arriving onboard the MV Dolpin 5 from Stulang Laut Ferry Terminal in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The passenger, identified as EA, a resident of Labuhan Batu in North Sumatra, seemed uncomfortable in his stomach and pants’ pockets.
“From an inspection of the passenger, we found three packets which were tied using a corset and two packets in his pants’ pockets,” Zaky told a press conference at his office on Wednesday.
Customs officers found and confiscated 145 items of gold jewelry with a total weight of 2,575 grams. The value of the items is Rp 4.8 billion (US$289,453) with a potential state loss of Rp 1.7 billion.
EA said he was only a courier on order from someone identified as M, with a fee of Rp 3 million. He was charged with violating Article 103 letter E of Law No. 17/2006 on Customs.
Zaky also revealed other smuggling cases which were foiled in the last week of September.
On Sept. 27, customs officers inspected MR from Aceh at Hang Nadim International Airport in Batam who was flying to Lombok via Yogyakarta.
