Indian Citizen Selling Perfume Brings 1.9 Kg Of Methamphetamine, Arrested At Soetta Airport

Immigration Officers And The Soetta Airport Police Show Methamphetamine Brought By Indian Citizens/ Photo: IST

TANGERANG - Soekarno Hatta Airport Customs and Excise prevented the smuggling of 1.9 kilograms of methamphetamine (Kg) brought by a citizen (WN) from India with the initials AH (47). The perpetrator slipped the illicit goods in the food thermos.

Head of the Soekarno-Hatta Customs Office, Gatot Sugeng Wibowo, said the prevention took place on Saturday, December 9.

"We managed to prevent the entry of methamphetamine weighing 1,962 grams from AH's hand at Terminal 2F on December 9, 2023. At that time, we flew using AirAsia airline from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta," Gatot told reporters, Monday, December 18.

Gatot explained that the disclosure began when AH was examined by officers. He claims to be a perfume seller and will send goods to one of the buyers in Jakarta.

During the inspection, the Indian citizen appeared to be carrying a suitcase, a bag, and a cardboard box. This made immigration officials suspicious of him.

When examined, the perpetrator was found carrying methamphetamine which was stored in a plastic thermos. In addition, officers also found 7 pills of Alprazolam containing class IV psychotropic substances in a medicine box in AH's suitcase," he said.

Based on the initial examination, the alleged perpetrator admitted that he would market the illicit goods to the Jakarta area for the purpose of celebrating the new year.

"AH was asked to bring the thermos to Indonesia, and handed over to the recipient with the initials S, which would later be taken at Terminal 2 F," he said.

The AH contemporary was handed over to the Soekarno Hatta Airport Police for further development.

The perpetrator was charged with Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics with the threat of the death penalty or life imprisonment.