Drug mule nabbed at airport<\/p>\n
Multa Fidrus, Tangerang<\/p>\n
A joint team of police and customs and excise officers foiled an
\nattempt to smuggle a kilogram of shabu-shabu (crystal
\nmetamphetamine) onto a flight to Medan, North Sumatra, at the
\nSoekarno-Hatta International Airport. The team also arrested a
\nsuspect and seized the drugs as evidence.<\/p>\n
The airport customs and excise chief Novrial told a press
\nconference on Wednesday that the suspect was identified as HN, a
\nresident of Medan.<\/p>\n
\"We can't announce the suspect's complete identity as the case
\nis still being investigated,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The suspect passing a security check before flying to Medan on
\nJune 10 at 5:10 p.m.<\/p>\n
\"When he passed the security check point, the metal detector
\nmade a noise. Security officers stopped him and searched his
\npockets, but they only found his cellular phone,\" Novrial said.<\/p>\n
The officers became suspicious as the suspect looked panicky
\nand they kept searching until they found eight plastic bags
\nstrapped to his body.<\/p>\n
The plastic bags contained one kilogram of shabu-shabu, with a
\nstreet value of around Rp 300 million (US$31,915).<\/p>\n
Airport Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Firman Santyabudi surmised
\nthat the suspect was a member of a drug trafficking syndicate
\nthat frequently uses the Jakarta-Medan-Malaysia route.<\/p>\n
\"We already interrogated the suspect, but he consistently
\nclaims that he forgot or he does not know. In his latest
\nstatement, he admitted that he received the drugs from Acasia
\nHotel in Central Jakarta,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Police will charge HN with violating Article 59 and 72 of Law
\nNo. 5\/1997 on psychotropics. If convicted, he will receive a
\nmaximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment and a Rp 750 million
\nfine.<\/p>\n
\"State losses from drug smuggling cannot be estimated because
\ndrugs will destroy the young generation and increase social
\nunrest and criminality,\" Firman said.<\/p>\n
It was the second drug smuggling attempt foiled at the airport
\nthis year. In May, security officers foiled an attempt to smuggle
\n20,800 ecstasy pills from Jakarta to Australia.<\/p>",
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