6 nabbed over links to Malaysian pilot arrested in Jakarta
Police say the six are believed to have been the suppliers and deliverymen of the drugs handled by the pilot.
Six Malaysian men have been detained in Malaysia for their alleged involvement in supplying drugs to a Malaysia Airlines pilot who was caught with Ecstasy pills in Jakarta. The arrests took place between August 20 and 28, following information obtained from questioning the pilot during an investigation conducted by a team of Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) officers.
The pilot, a 39-year-old Malaysia Airlines employee, was detained at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta on July 28 after his luggage was flagged during an X-ray scan at the international arrival terminal. Inside his luggage, Indonesian customs officers discovered 70,114 Ecstasy pills, weighing 25kg, along with 4 grams of methamphetamine.
The estimated value of the drugs was 45 million ringgit, equivalent to around 11 million US dollars. The six detained men, aged between 23 and 50, are accused of acting as suppliers and couriers for the drug distribution syndicate. Further investigations are underway, and the detained suspects are being held under the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985, which allows police to detain them for up to 60 days for investigative purposes.
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