Drug smuggler arrested

Drug smuggler arrested

JAKARTA (JP): Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Customs and
Excise officers have arrested a South African man for smuggling
320 grams of morphine into Indonesia.

The customs and excise office's chief, Nisfu Chasbullah, said
his officers along with quarantine officers, arrested Lombane
Cosbane, 31, on Jan. 8.

"The morphine was packed in 25 capsules. The suspect swallowed
11 capsules and kept the remaining 14 capsules in his jeans,"
Nisfu said yesterday.

He said Lombane collapsed at the airport after arriving from
Bangkok via Singapore. "Some of the capsules probably leaked
causing him to collapse."

Nisfu said the suspect was sent to the Kramat Jati Police
Hospital. "The doctors at the hospital forced the suspect to
vomit the remaining capsules in his stomach."

He said his officers suspected the suspect suffered a heart
attack but then found the capsules in his jeans.

"The suspect was handed over to the National Police," said
Nisfu. (jun)