Customs officials foil drug smuggling<\/p>\n
TANGERANG (JP): Customs and excise officials at Soekarno-Hatta
\nInternational Airport foiled on Saturday an attempt to smuggle
\nover 10,000 ecstasy pills to Thailand, a police officer revealed
\non Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Soekarno-Hatta Airport Police substation chief Asst. Supt.
\nNapoleon Bonaparte said 43-year-old Mili Wagimin was making her
\nway to the gate to board Thai Airlines flight number TG 434-B
\nwhen she passed an X-ray checkpoint.<\/p>\n
\"She managed to go through the first checkpoint, but at the
\nsecond point officials detected that she had objects strapped to
\nher upper belly and lower torso,\" Napoleon said.<\/p>\n
The officials than searched Mili in the interrogation room and
\nreportedly found packages of colorful ecstasy pills in plastic
\nbags taped to her body.<\/p>\n
A total of 10,101 yellow, pink and white ecstasy pills were
\nallegedly seized from Mili, who is a housewife living in Tanah
\nSereal subdistrict in West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"We suspect that Mili is part of an international drug ring as
\nher passport is full of immigration stamps from various
\ncountries, such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, China, the
\nPhilippines, Australia and Thailand,\" Napoleon said.<\/p>\n
\"Mili admitted to having successfully transported around
\n30,000 ecstasy pills to Bangkok last month, but she refused to
\ngive details of her boss or the receiver of the drugs.<\/p>\n
\"We brought her in for questioning and the case is being
\nprocessed,\" he added.<\/p>\n
Law No. 22\/1997 on narcotics carries a maximum sentence of the
\ndeath penalty or life imprisonment and a Rp 1 billion fine for
\norganized drug-related felonies, and a maximum 15 years in prison
\nand a Rp 150 million fine for an individual drug offense.
\n(41\/edt)<\/p>",
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