Banda Aceh, Aceh (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Customs Office and National Narcotics Agency have seized a major consignment of 133 kilograms of metaphetamine and 42,500 amphetamine pills called "Ecstasy" in Lhokseumawe, North Aceh, on Monday evening.
Acehs Police Head of Public Relations Senior Commissioner Goenawan remarked on Tuesday that the team arrested three suspects -- 40-year-old Benu or Awi, 37-year-old M. Saleh, and 38-year-old Jeunieb -- during the seizure.
"The three suspects were caught at the Sasa Nam Restaurant, Peuntet, Lhokseumawe, on Monday at around 6:30 p.m. local time," he revealed.
The meth and ecstasy pills were smuggled from Malaysia into Indonesia through the waters of Aceh.
The operation was conducted based on Interpol information that a major drug consignment would be smuggled into Aceh, after which the team split to conduct patrolling around the waters of Idi Rayeuk and Peureula in eastern Aceh, while land patrolling was conducted from Lhokseumawe to Kuala Langsa in western Aceh.
Thereafter, at around 2:20 p.m. local time, the water patrol team tried to stop a suspicious boat, but when it reached the shore, its two crew members abandoned the boat and fled.
The officers searched the boat and found seven large bags, with 133 kilograms of meth wrapped in plastic.
The team also found 42,500 ecstasy pills wrapped in ten plastic bags. The pills were blue in color and bore the YL code, while the pink ones had the Hello Kitty code.
Meanwhile, the land patrol team chased the two suspects until around 4:30 p.m. local time when they were located in Binjei, east Aceh.
The suspects were then taken to Lhokseumawe aboard a public bus, which the officers trailed along the way to Punteut, Lhokseumawe, in northern Aceh.
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di 19 sep 2017 - 23:56