Indonesia arrests second Malaysian in less than a week for drug smuggling
The 22-year-old was allegedly caught with nearly 1kg of methamphetamine and more than 1,000 ecstasy pills strapped to his body.
Indonesian authorities have apprehended a second Malaysian in under a week for suspected drug smuggling, this time involving 1kg of methamphetamine and over 1,000 ecstasy pills. The 22-year-old, identified as DI, was apprehended at Surabaya airport on August 3, shortly after his flight from Kuala Lumpur. Airport security discovered the illicit substances strapped to DI's body, comprising four packets of crystal meth and four packets of ecstasy pills. DI faces charges for trafficking over 5g of drugs, a crime punishable by death in Indonesia.
This marks the second such arrest in less than a week, following the detention of a 39-year-old Malaysian pilot last Sunday, who was found with more than 70,000 ecstasy tablets in his luggage at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. The pilot, who had just completed a passenger flight from Malaysia, tested positive for several illegal drugs. Indonesia enforces some of the world's strictest anti-drug laws, including the death penalty for drug traffickers, though no executions have taken place since 2016.
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