August 20
A man and his mother-in-law have been arrested for attempting to smuggle thousands of pounds worth of heroin concealed within a copy of the Koran.
Custom officials at Jakarta's international airport seized the book, the religious text of Islam, as it arrived by DHL express mail delivery from Cambodia on Tuesday.
Their suspicions were raised when a routine X-ray of the parcel exposed a series of holes in the book.
A closer inspection revealed 60 grams of heroin secreted in four small plastic bags near its front and back covers.
Maman Sulaeman, head of customs at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, said an Indonesian man was arrested soon after the discovery.
"He claimed that he was just a courier and that he did not know the contents of the package," Mr Sulaeman said.
The suspect's mother-in-law, thought to be an accomplice, was also apprehended.
The pair, from Jakarta, are now being held by the Indonesian National Police.
Under the country's tough narcotics law, they could be sentenced to death if found guilty of attempted drugs smuggling.
Source: Sky News
H/T: JihadWatch
A man and his mother-in-law have been arrested for attempting to smuggle thousands of pounds worth of heroin concealed within a copy of the Koran.
Custom officials at Jakarta's international airport seized the book, the religious text of Islam, as it arrived by DHL express mail delivery from Cambodia on Tuesday.
Their suspicions were raised when a routine X-ray of the parcel exposed a series of holes in the book.
A closer inspection revealed 60 grams of heroin secreted in four small plastic bags near its front and back covers.
Maman Sulaeman, head of customs at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, said an Indonesian man was arrested soon after the discovery.
"He claimed that he was just a courier and that he did not know the contents of the package," Mr Sulaeman said.
The suspect's mother-in-law, thought to be an accomplice, was also apprehended.
The pair, from Jakarta, are now being held by the Indonesian National Police.
Under the country's tough narcotics law, they could be sentenced to death if found guilty of attempted drugs smuggling.
Source: Sky News
H/T: JihadWatch
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