British, Japanese Citizens Arrested in Foiled Drug Smuggling Attempt
November 15, 2010
Customs officials at Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport displaying the drugs seized from the three suspects, who have been identified as Morita Yukifrom from Japan, right; Khuram Antonio Khan Garcia from Britain, center; and Indonesian Yan Zacharia Santosa. (Antara Photo)
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406725Smuggle drugs into Indonesia - death penalty. Smuggle drugs into Australia - couple of years in clink. Don't hang 'em because they bring drugs into Indonesia; hang 'em because they're stupid
@devine - agreed the prices for alcohol are crazy. That's also what drives people to home brewed methyl alcohol stuff which makes them either mad, or blind, or in the worst case dead. Pity though, because I would love some good wine once in a while (for a decent price!). But I assume the high taxes have somehow to do with the haram or "Taboo" thing going on here...so better smoke yourself to death or drink methyl for some "fun"!
But I cannot believe that all these imported drugs are meant for the local market - not even for Bali with its excessive parties in the various night spots in the tourist areas! I think it is rather just a way point to some other country.
For the local use - Ganja from Aceh and the drug labs in various apartments in Jakarta are covering that market(with the exception of Heroin maybe).
misalamas - Yeh! Yeh! Yeh!
@Roland. Increasing numbers of tourist, increasing number of drugs. The current alcohol policy of the Governement (=50USD for a bottle of cheap wine etc) just helps vendors of illicite drugs :-(
Yes PeterR, the poor chap does not best exemplify those good old fashioned British values of those who colonized and robbed his ancestral homeland at all.
Denpasar. Customs officials at Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport have
arrested three men, including a British and a Japanese citizen, and
seized 9.1 kilograms of narcotics in what are believed to be linked
smuggling attempts.
“The first suspect we arrested was Khuram
Antonio Khan Garcia, 39, a British citizen, after he arrived at the
airport on Sunday night,” said Bagus Endro Wibowo, a customs official
at the airport.
Garcia was arrested after he disembarked from a Qatar Airways plane at around 8 p.m. According to Bagus, the suspect
triggered suspicion because he appeared pale and fidgety.
“Our
officers took him to the special investigation room and found 3.1
kilograms of crystal methamphetamine,” Bagus said. “He had hidden the
meth in the lining of his suitcase.”
Garcia reportedly then
gave investigators the names of his two accomplices. Police picked up
Yan Zacharia Santosa, 31, from Jakarta, who was staying at a hotel in
Bali.
“Yan Zacharia Santosa was supposed to receive the smuggled drugs. He had been in Bali since November 12,” Bagus said.
The
second man named by Garcia, a Japanese citizen identified as Morita
Yuki, 35, was arrested after he arrived on a flight from Bangkok later
on Sunday night.
Customs officials found six kilograms of hashish inside the suspect's suitcase.
All three suspects will be handed over to the Bali Police's Narcotics Division today.
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