Indian national arrested at airport for drug smuggling

Tangerang: Customs and excise officers have arrested another Indian national at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport for attempting to smuggle 15 kilograms of ketamine, worth Rp 15 billion, from India to Indonesia.
Airport customs chief Bahaduri Wijayanta said Tuesday the suspect, identified as Baskara Narayafami, 55, who flew from Chennai, India, arrived at the airport on Monday aboard a Thai Airways airplane.
Bahaduri said the suspect mixed the drug with food stuffs such as sugar, rice and powder, and wrapped it in 15 silver-colored plastic bags in his luggage.
“The suspect testified he was asked by a Malaysian citizen called Alam in India to carry the luggage to Indonesia and was promised Rp 15 million if he could submit it to someone in Jakarta,” Bahaduri said.
Working in cooperation with police, customs officers took the suspect to the alleged drop off point where he would submit the drug, but no one came to pick him up from the promised location.
06/04/10 Multa Fidrus/The Jakarta Post

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Categories: Airports Apr 2010, Foreign Apr 2010