Another man arrested over drugs<\/p>\n
TANGERANG (JP): Zimbabwean Ozias Sibanda, 33, became the fifth
\nAfrican to be arrested over drug possession this month, after
\ncustom officers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
\napprehended him, on Tuesday morning, for attempting to smuggle
\nheroin into the country.<\/p>\n
Director General of Customs and Excise Permana Agung said on
\nWednesday Ozias had swallowed 33 capsules containing heroin.<\/p>\n
\"In the past 25 hours, Ozias has excreted 16 of the capsules.
\nWe are waiting for all the capsules to be excreted,\" Permana told
\nreporters at his office on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He added that his officers suspected that Ozias was carrying
\ndrugs as soon as he alighted, at 8:30 a.m., from a Singapore
\nAirlines aircraft that had arrived from Lahore, Pakistan.<\/p>\n
\"As we were suspicious, we had him X-rayed at the airport
\nclinic. The X-rays showed that he had capsules in his stomach,\"
\nPermana said.<\/p>\n
The heroin has a total street value here of Rp 389.6 million
\n(US$41,000).<\/p>\n
Customs officers at the airport had arrested on Monday
\nNigerian Hansen Anthony Nwaolisa, 35, after he disembarked from a
\nPakistan Airline aircraft, plying the Karachi-Jakarta route, for
\nattempting to smuggle 800 grams of heroin into the country.<\/p>\n
Customs officers at the airport had also arrested on Sunday
\nSouth African Zwelbanzi Joseph Manana for attempting to smuggle
\n1.2 kilograms of heroin worth Rp 1.5 billion ($157,894).<\/p>\n
Both Nwaolisa and Manana attempted to smuggle the drug into
\nthe country by swallowing the heroin capsules.<\/p>\n
The officers became suspicious of the men and took them to the
\nairport clinic for X-rays which confirmed the presence of
\ncapsules in their stomachs.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a Nepalese, identified as Indra Bahadur Tamang, was
\narrested at the airport last week for attempting to smuggle 900g
\nof heroin. The 21-year-old suspect was also found to have
\nswallowed capsules containing heroin.<\/p>\n
Soekarno-Hatta Airport customs officers had arrested on Jan.
\n10 Nigerian Samuel Iwuch Kwuokoje, 30, for attempting to smuggle
\n3.6 kgs of heroin which he hid in his suitcase.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's narcotics Law No. 22\/1997 stipulates that drug
\ndealers or smugglers who are found guilty, will be given a death
\nor life sentence.<\/p>\n
Despite the threat of the severe penalty, narcotics are still
\neasily available at some cafes and discotheques in Jakarta.
\n(41\/ylt)<\/p>",
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