3 Indonesians nabbed for drugs

3 Indonesians nabbed for drugs

HONG KONG (AFP): Three Indonesians were arrested at Hong Kong's international airport after trying to smuggle the designer drug "ice" and cocaine out of the territory, a customs and excise spokesman said on Wednesday.

The trio, aged between 24 and 38, were held at Chep Lap Kok airport on Tuesday, after four kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride, commonly known as "ice", and 15 grams of cocaine were discovered wrapped around their bodies, he said.

The drugs had an estimated market value of HK$1.8 million (US$231,065).

One of the arrested Indonesians, who were all heading for Jakarta, was believed to be the mastermind behind the case, he added.

Some 34 kilograms of ice has been seized by authorities in the first five months of 2001.