Thu, 11 Mar 2004

Navy sailor caught smuggling

JAKARTA: Jakarta water police arrested a Navy sailor who allegedly attempted to smuggle a used sewing machine and 37 second-hand bicycles into the country on Tuesday, the police revealed on Wednesday.

The police said the sewing machine and bicycles were found in the Insa, a vessel berthed at Tanjung Priok port, which is reportedly registered in the name of Second Corp. Rubiyanto, who is attached to the Navy's Western Fleet and is stationed in Jakarta. -- JP