Garlic smuggling foiled

Wed, 20 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: The police have foiled separate
attempts to smuggle in 11 tons of garlic from abroad and have
arrested six suspected smugglers over the past two months.

Spokesman for the Southern Sumatra Police Command, Second
Lieutenant Suyanto, said seven tons of the garlic was confiscated
in Tanjung Jabung, Jambi, and Musi Rawas, South Sumatra, in June.
The rest was seized in South Sumatra this month.

The commodity was seized on its way from the North Sumatra
capital of Medan to Jakarta, Antara reported. (pan)

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