Customs and excise officers have seized hundreds of BlackBerry smart phones, 9,740 ecstasy pills and 380 grams of crystal methamphetamine smuggled via mail services at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport,

Customs and excise officers have seized hundreds of BlackBerry smart phones, 9,740 ecstasy pills and 380 grams of crystal methamphetamine smuggled via mail services at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, an official said Thursday.

Airport customs office chief Iyan Rubianto said the packages were sent between April 29 and May 6.
“We seized 614 BlackBerry smart phones worth Rp 1.2 billion (US$140,000) on April 29. The packages were reported as electronic parts in the customs declaration form,” he said, adding that on May 3, officers confiscated 402 Nimetazepam pills, also known as Happy Fives, worth Rp 60 million, that were sent from Malaysia through a cargo delivery service to a fake address.  

On May 5, officers seized ecstasy pills worth Rp 3.9 billion hidden in a bag that was abandoned by its owner at terminal II-E.

The crystal meth seized on May 6 was reportedly sent in a package sent through a delivery service using a sender identified as CF from Shanghai, China, to a fake address with the initials JB as the recipient in Jakarta.

“The sender also used a fake address because the address did not exist when officers checked it,” he said.

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