Indonesia arrests Malaysian pilot for allegedly smuggling 26 kilograms of MDMA, customs office says

L’Indonesia arresta un pilota malese con l’accusa di contrabbando di 26 chilogrammi di MDMA, secondo quanto riferito dall’ufficio doganale


JAKARTA, July 31 (Reuters) - Indonesia arrested a Malaysian pilot who allegedly smuggled 26 kilograms of the mind-altering drug MDMA into the capital Jakarta while on the job and under the influence of drugs, the customs office said on Friday.

Here are some details:

• The pilot, 39, was arrested on Wednesday at Jakarta’s main airport.

• The pilot, who was identified by the initials MS, had just flown a Malaysian Airlines plane from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta, said customs officer Hengky Tomuan Parlindungan Aritonang in a press conference on Friday.

• Named a criminal suspect, the pilot had brought MDMA in a suitcase to Jakarta at the request of an unidentified person with the promise of a 50,000 ringgit ($12,239.90) reward, the customs office said.

• The pilot had been under the influence of cocaine and methamphetamine after a urine test, Hengky said, adding Indonesia and Malaysian authorities are in communication.

• Hengky said the pilot was a courier.

• Malaysia Airlines did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

• Indonesia has strict drug laws and in ⁠2015 ​executed two Australians in the Bali ​Nine drug ring for attempting to smuggle heroin out of the resort island of ​Bali.

($1 = 4.0850 ringgit)

(Reporting by Stanley Widianto; Additional reporting by Ashley Tang in Kuala Lumpur; Editing by David Stanway)

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