Customs seize 1.1 kg of heroin

Customs seize 1.1 kg of heroin

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Custom officials here foiled an alleged attempt by Kenyan citizen Karanja, 32, to smuggle 1.1 kilograms of heroin into the country from the Middle East.

Officials said that most of the heroin was swallowed and found in the man's stomach.

Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. Amrin Karim said that it was the biggest case of heroin smuggling to ever take place in North Sumatra.

He said the suspect was arrested at Polonia Airport immediately after arriving from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday.

"We estimate the value of the heroin at Rp 10 billion. This is the biggest case in North Sumatra," he said.

Under Indonesian law, he said, the Kenyan could face the death sentence. --Antara