According to the Surabaya 5th Navy Main Base here on Friday a joint team of Navy and Customs officers had arrested a Malaysian national known as Ganesan Sanmugan (24) as the drug`s owner.
The smuggling attempt was unveiled after an airport officer saw a suspicious stuff in a brown bag while it was being checked through an X-Ray Detector.
The officer then took the bag belonging to Ganesan and re-checked it manually. It was then officers found white powder hidden under the low layer of the bag. Following a "narcotest" officers confirmed the powder was heroin.
Upon the discovery the team of Navy and Customs officers immediately arrested the suspect and took him and the evidence to the Juanda airport`s Customs Office.
"The suspect and the evidence namely heroin weighing 1,400 have now been handed over to the police for further investigation," a member of the team said.
Ganesan flew from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Surabaya by Air Asia plane on Flight Number OZ-7618.
(Uu.H-YH/HAJM)
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