Two Taiwanese arrested in Indonesia for drug smuggling

Indonesian have arrested two Taiwanese for trying to smuggle nearly 7kg of crystal methamphetamine into the country, local media reports said yesterday.

The two, identified as Kuo Ting-liu, 23, and Huang Yu-lum, 26, were arrested on Friday by customs officers at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International airport, soon after they arrived on a China Airlines flight from Hong Kong, the state-run Antara news agency reported.

A spokesman from the airport’s customs office said that officers seized 6.9kg of crystal methamphetamine, known locally as “shabu-shabu,” estimated to be worth at about US$1.08 million on the local market.

If charged and convicted of smuggling narcotics, the men face a maximum penalty of death under Indonesia’s tough anti-drug laws.