Greek national nabbed in Bali for drug possession

The JakartaPost, Jakarta, Wed, 10/05/2011

A Greek national was arrested on drug charges at Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport on Wednesday.

Ngurah Rai customs and excise office head I Made Wijaya said in Denpasar on Wednesday that 4.2 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, worth Rp 10.5 billion (approximately US$1.18 million), were found in a suitcase belonging to Nikolaos Bouikidis.

“The crystal meth was immediately detected with the help of an X-ray machine,” Made said as quoted by kompas.com.

The arrest took place on Monday evening, he added, when Bouikidi, who worked as a bus driver in his home country, arrived at Ngurah Rai on board a Qatar Airways plane from Istanbul.

Bouikidi is likely to be charged under Article 113 of the 2009 law on narcotics, which carries a maximum sentence of death and Rp 10 billion in fines.