Smuggling attempts foiled<\/p>\n
TANGERANG: Over the past four months, the Soekarno-Hatta
\nInternational Airport Customs and Excise Office has foiled 33
\nsmuggling attempts involving firearms, pirated and pornographic
\nVCDs, sex toys and Chinese medicines.<\/p>\n
The head of the office, Jusuf Indarto, told reporters on
\nThursday that the goods were mostly smuggled from Asian countries
\nin suitcases, hand baggage and packages.<\/p>\n
Jusuf, who was accompanied by customs and excise director
\ngeneral Permana Agung, said that his officers had seized 12
\nfirearms\/gas guns, 31 paint ball guns and a pistol lighter spread
\nover a total of 14 cases. In 13 other cases, they confiscated a
\ntotal of 1,040 pirated, uncensored VCDs, 215 pornographic VCDs
\nand 944 sex toys.<\/p>\n
The officers also foiled six cases involving the smuggling of
\n300 kilograms of Chinese medicines, mostly hidden in passengers'
\nluggage.<\/p>\n
None of the smugglers were arrested, Permane admitted.<\/p>\n
He explained that the smugglers left no identification or name
\ntags on the luggage used to smuggle the contraband.--JP<\/p>",
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