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Pilot Arrested at Jakarta Airport in Drug Smuggling Investigation
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Key Points:
- Indonesian authorities arrested a Malaysian Airlines pilot, identified as MS, for smuggling over 57 pounds of ecstasy and methamphetamine at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta Airport.
- The pilot was found with 14 large packages containing more than 70,000 ecstasy pills and a separate package of methamphetamine after customs officers noticed a suspicious suitcase during an X-ray screening.
- MS admitted to transporting the drugs in exchange for about $11,700 and revealed he had previously smuggled drugs on two other occasions.
- Investigators are probing further to uncover the drug trafficking network, with the pilot facing charges under Indonesia’s strict narcotics laws, which include the possibility of the death penalty.
