Customs
officers in Indonesia have arrested a Nigerian, simply identified as
CR, for allegedly smuggling 1.1 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine
through Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, authorities
said on Tuesday.According to customs office chief Oza Olivia, the 31-year-old was stopped by officers for behaving suspiciously after arriving from Nigeria’s commercial city, Lagos, aboard an Emirates Airline flight on Sunday night.
Olivia said a body scan detected 1,118.2 grams of crystal methamphetamine contained in 60 capsules in CR’s stomach. T
He said the drugs have a street value of about $124,804.
The suspect allegedly attempted to bribe customs officers with $4,000 to release him.
CR was then given a laxative, and officers recovered the drugs over a period of 18 hours.
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