Batam Customs Thwarts Drug Smuggling To Be Stored In The Dubur

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Batam Customs and Excise, Riau Islands again thwarted attempts to smuggle several types of drugs carried by ferry passengers at the Batam Center International Port, by keeping them in the rectum.

Batam Customs Head Zaky Firmansyah explained that this disclosure began with routine tracking of the Customs and Excise K-9 Team against the MV Citra Legacy 5 ship which had just arrived from the Seabone, Malaysia to Batam.

"The initial attention was shown by K-9 Oriel at MM (46) who was suspected, then an in-depth examination was carried out in the X-ray surveillance area," Zaky said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, October 30.

When a urine test was carried out, he said, the passenger admitted that he had a disease and consumed methamphetamine three days earlier. Then the perpetrator was taken to the hospital for an X-ray examination.

"The passenger had fled, until he was finally caught by officers in the Intersection of Madani," he said.

From the results of x-ray subscriptions, it is known that the perpetrators hid 10 packs of narcotics in the rectum (inserting) consisting of five packs of methamphetamine, four packs of ecstasy, and one pack of e-cigarette liquid (vape) which is suspected to contain e-tomidee, a total weight of approximately 475 grams.

Customs and Excise officers then examined the perpetrator. Based on his statement, the drugs came from Malaysia which he obtained from someone with the initials M.

"M is an MM colleague, as well as the one who introduced the perpetrator me Mr X as the boss of M," he said.

The plan, he continued, was that MM would stop in Batam for two days, waiting for instructions before delivering goods to buyers in Lombok.

Zaky said that MM was paid Rp45 million as a drug courier for the nine packages he brought from Malaysia.

"As a follow-up, we submit the perpetrators and evidence to the Narcotics Directorate of the Riau Islands Police," he said.

Based on Customs and Excise observations, patterns of drug shipments in the Riau Islands region began to change by inserting them into the body through a small amount of rectum.

In the first semester of 2025, Batam Customs and Excise thwarted 37 drug smuggling attempts with a total of 2.1 tons of evidence secured at methamphetamine, 1,527 grams of marijuana, 59 pills of illegal drugs, and 26 liters of methanox-aseton.

"We will not provide space for smuggling efforts in any form. We will continue to strengthen surveillance at both passenger ports and the flow of shipments," Zaky said.