Four arrested in smuggling attempt

Four arrested in smuggling attempt

JAKARTA (JP): Tanjung Priok Port (KP3) Police arrested four
suspects for trying to smuggle 2,600 cans of Coca Cola and Sprite
and 600 bottles of Bacardi liquor into Jakarta, via a ship from
Batam and another from Tanjung Pinang, in the past two days, KP3
Police chief said on Tuesday.

Lt. Col. Edward Aritonang who refused to identify the
suspects, said the four had failed to smuggle the products which
had been shipped from Singapore, into the country.

"There were no permits of any sort from the Ministry of Health's
directorate general for food and drug supervision, nor was there
a receipt to prove that the goods were imported goods," Aritonang
told The Jakarta Post.

"I suspect that the cans of Coca-Cola and Sprite, which came
along with the liquor in the Sinabung ship from Batam and the
Bukit Siguntang ship from Tanjung Pinang, are past their
expiration dates. Why else would they bring the goods here?"

In a separate development, Aritonang said that in another
smuggling attempt, five people had been arrested on Saturday for
trying to ship at least 1,500 Samsung video cassette recorders
out of the country. (ylt)