Batam Customs and Excise again thwarted an attempt to smuggle methamphetamine drugs at Hang Nadim Batam Airport, Riau Islands, with various modes, one of which was hidden in the perpetrator's rectum and groin.
"This is actually an old mode, but recently it has reappeared, drugs are stored inIALs and in the hamlets of the perpetrators," said Batam Customs Chief Zaky Firmansyah as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 21.
He explained that the drug weighing 480 grams was brought by ES (45), a woman, a former Indonesian Migrant Worker (PMI).
ES is a passenger on a Lion Air plane on the Batam-Surabaya-Lombok route. On the day of the incident on May 17, 2025, officers were suspicious of the perpetrator's movements when crossing the area of inspection of passenger goods.
"The results of the examination found a suspicious lump in the passenger's groin area," he said.
From the results of the in-depth examination, it was found that eight packs of crystal methamphetamine were hidden in the area of the front and back of the perpetrators' cavities. After a narcotics test was carried out, the crystal powder carried by the perpetrator contained class I (shabu) narcotics compounds.
In addition, the results of urine tests, the perpetrators also tested positive for drugs. "ES perpetrators are promised a reward of Rp. 48 million per delivery," said Zaky.
The next mode is drug smuggling efforts by keeping them in a suitcase disguised with clothes. Within a day of May 15, Customs and Excise thwarted two perpetrators, namely FA (30) and M (36) at Hang Nadim Batam Airport.
The FA actor, a musician from Labuhan Deli, became a passenger on the Batam-Yogyakarta-Lombok route to smuggle 502 grams of crystal methamphetamine. Meanwhile, M, a freelancer from Aceh, with the same flight as the FA, carried 958 grams of crystal methamphetamine.
"M was promised a wage of Rp. 40 million, while the FA was promised a wage of Rp. 25 million," he said.
According to Zaky, the three perpetrators did not know each other and were not interrelated. The network is still being investigated, but it is confirmed that the methamphetamine came from Malaysia.
"For the umpteenth time, drug smuggling is intended for Lombok. The total evidence revealed today's case weighing 1.9 kg of crystal methamphetamine," he said.
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Furthermore, this case was transferred to the Riau Islands Regional Police and BNN for follow-up to the criminal process. The three perpetrators were also confirmed to be drug couriers for the first time.
Previously, Batam Customs and Excise on Thursday (8/5) thwarted the smuggling of 3 kg of crystal methamphetamine at the Batam Center International Ferry Port and Hang Nadim Bata Airport by two perpetrators, AD and AY with the mode of storing in a suitcase.
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