Togolese caught with 8.6kg of heroin<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Customs officers at Soekarno-Hatta International
\nAirport have arrested a 30-year-old Togolese for allegedly
\nsmuggling 8.6 kilograms of first-grade opium alkaloid into the
\ncountry inside a 21-inch television set, an official said
\nyesterday.<\/p>\n
Head of the custom and excise services unit Conny Sunanto said
\nWednesday that the suspect, identified only as KIS, was detained
\nupon his arrival on Thai Airways flight TG-413 from Bangkok on
\nSaturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The heroin, which has a street value of Rp 10 billion
\n(US$100,000), is the largest shipment intercepted by the
\nauthorities this year.<\/p>\n
According to Sunanto, customs officers were not at first
\nsuspicious of KIS until their specially-trained sniffer dogs
\napproached the man and began to bark furiously.<\/p>\n
They took him aside for questioning and then later detained
\nhim.<\/p>\n
\"The suspect was unable to turn the television set on when
\nasked to during questioning,\" he added.<\/p>\n
The officers later found the narcotics carefully wrapped in
\nplastic bags and strapped inside the television set, he said.<\/p>\n
During interrogation the suspect admitted that he had thought
\nsecurity at the airport was lax and that he would be able to
\nenter the country unchallenged.<\/p>\n
The suspect has been handed over to the National Police, who
\nhave now taken responsibility for the case, Sunanto said.<\/p>\n
Three drug smugglers have been arrested at the airport this
\nmonth. On May 9 a Liberian and a Gambian were caught attempting
\nto bring 765 grams of heroin into the country, Sunanto said. The
\nheroin was packed into 55 capsules, he added.<\/p>\n
The two also arrived in Indonesia from Bangkok, he said.<\/p>\n
\"The drugs had been hidden in a number of different places,
\nsuch as in their shorts, wallets and sandals,\" he explained.<\/p>\n
Last year, customs officers at the airport seized 63,481
\nEcstasy pills, 4.1 kilograms of shabu-shabu (an amphetamine
\nderivative), 5.8 kg of heroin and 3 kg of hashish. (41\/edt)<\/p>",
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