The customs found the drug , 536 grams of methamphetamine, stashed in a package of four pistons of car engine, Djanurindro Wibowo, the head of the Balikpapan customs service and supervision office, said here on Thursday.
The customs authorities in cooperation with police arrested a man identified as NFS (39) who received the package.
The package sent to an address in Balikpapan, arrived on Wednesday, Djanurindro said.
Deputy chief of Balikpapan police anti drug detective Adj. Sr. Comr. Sigit said the suspect NM also known with the name of Emon could face heavy punishment up to death sentence if found guilty.
It was the third time this year the Balikpapan customs authorities foiled attempts to smuggle drugs into the country via the Balikpapan port city.
On January 2, the custom authorities found 1 kg of methamphetamine worth on the street Rp2 billion hidden in a package of textile products also from Mumbai addressed to a woman identified as Lisda Safitri.
However the one, who took the package from the Balikpapan Post Office was a man named Heru, who was then arrested by police.
Two days later the Custom authorities also nabbed a suspect Sudirman who took a package of pistons of car engine containing drug, also sent from Mumbai, India.
(H-ASG/F001)
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