Indian arrested for carrying drug

JAKARTA: Gurdib Sigh, a 37-year-old Indian national, was caught red-handed carrying 300 grams of heroin while he was about to board a plane at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Surabaya on Wednesday.

"He was arrested because police officers were suspicious of his behavior at the airport. When he was searched, the police found heroin on him," Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Tjiptono.

During the examination, Sigh said that he received the heroin from Al, a Pakistani who has been staying in Jakarta for a long time.

"The heroin was to be taken to Malang, East Java, to someone known by his initial as T," Tjiptono said. -- JP