A Kenyan national with the initials FIK (29) was arrested by Soekarno-Hatta Customs and Tax officials for smuggling 5 kg of methamphetamine through Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Sueta).
        On the evening of Sunday, July 23, 2023, a woman who was seven months pregnant was detained by police shortly after arriving at Terminal 3 of Tangerang Sota Airport. FIK is a former Qatar Airways passenger in Nigeria Abuja-Doha-Jakarta.
       Sukarno-Hatta Gatot Sugeng Wibowo, head of Category C Customs General Administration, said the prosecution began when officials suspected the FIK was carrying only a black backpack and a brown bag as it passed through customs.
       ”During the inspection, officials found a discrepancy between the information provided by the FIK and the baggage,” Gato said at the cargo terminal of Tangerang Sueta Airport on Monday (July 31, 2023).
        Officials also did not believe the Kenyan citizen’s claim that this was his first visit to Indonesia. Officials conducted a deeper check and received information from the FIC.
       ”The officer then proceeded to conduct an investigation and in-depth study of the passenger’s boarding pass. During the investigation, it was found that the FIK still had a suitcase weighing 23 kilograms,” Gatto said.
        It transpired that the blue suitcase, which belonged to the FIC, had been preserved by the airline and ground personnel and taken to the lost and found office. During the search, the police found methamphetamine weighing 5102 grams in a modified suitcase.
       ”According to the results of the check, officials found at the bottom of the suitcase, hidden by a false wall, three plastic bags with a transparent crystalline powder with a total weight of 5102 grams,” Gatto said.
        The FIC admitted to the police that the suitcase would be handed over to someone waiting for it in Jakarta. Based on the results of this disclosure, Soekarno-Hatta Customs coordinated with the Central Jakarta Metro Police to conduct further investigations and investigations.
        “For their actions, criminals can be charged under Law No. 1. Law No. 35 of 2009 on drugs, which provides for a maximum penalty of the death penalty or life imprisonment,” Gatto said. (Effective time)