JAKARTA 24 Nov : -- Indonesian authorities arrested three Chinese nationals and seized 157kg of crystal methamphetamine in a major drug bust in Pluit, North Jakarta, on the weekend, reported the Jakarta Globe.
Head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) Anang Iskandar said the three men — identified as Xiao Jin Zeng, 43, Chen Wei Biao, 44, and Li Lin Fei, 32 — were arrested with the “staggering” amount of drugs at a rented home in the Pluit Karang complex in Penjaringan on Saturday.
“This syndicate smuggled their goods through Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta,” Anang said. “Our intelligence operatives have been spying on them and checking on the delivery control from the shipping company they used and we managed to track it down to the North Jakarta home address.” Anang alleged the suspects had hidden the drugs among preserved food and children toys in a container to mislead customs officials.
“They were planning to market the goods to some of the major cities, fortunately we managed to capture them with all the evidence before it happened,” Anang said.
The narcotics chief said the suspects entered Indonesia using their own passports and rented a home in Pluit a few weeks ago. A local community head, Anang, told investigators the men had rented the house for a year and paid Rp 75 million ($6,170) in advance.
The suspects have been arrested under the 2009 Anti-Narcotics Law and could face the death penalty if found guilty.
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