The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Mon, 01/24/2011
The National Narcotics Agency on Monday announced it had arrested a French citizen attempting to smuggled 5.1 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine into Indonesia.
The man, Gerrard Debetz, 53, was arrested at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Jan.11, after he got off an Emirates Airlines flight from Istanbul, agency narcotics chief Benny Mamoto said in Jakarta.
An Iranian, Abbas Bidmal Gharibali, 41, and an Indonesian, Decywarti Wirahardja, 42, were later arrested in connection with the drug trafficking attempt, kompas.com reported.
Benny said the authorities seized 5.1 kg of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine) that had been hidden by Debetz in a red suitcase.
“The drugs were to be sold in Indonesia. This amount has been estimated to be enough to supply 20,000 addicts,” he said.
No comments:
Post a Comment