00:01A second Malaysian national has been arrested for alleged drug smuggling in Indonesia in under a week.
00:07This time, a 22-year-old man caught with meth and over a thousand ecstasy pills concealed under a corset
00:14at Jawanda Airport.
00:15According to the Jakarta Globe, the suspect, identified by the initials DI, was arrested at Terminal 2 after arriving on
00:23Batek Air Flight OD352 from Kuala Lumpur to Surabaya on Monday.
00:28Officers found four packages containing a combined 990 grams of methamphetamine, along with four packages of 1,089 ecstasy pills,
00:37hidden beneath a corset, wrapped around his body.
00:41The Jakarta Globe cites authorities estimating the seized drugs had a street value of around US$155,000.
00:49According to the report, the suspect allegedly told investigators he agreed to work as a courier for an international drug
00:55network due to financial struggles and debt.
00:58He's been handed to Sidoajo Municipal Police and faces 5 to 20 years imprisonment, life imprisonment or the death penalty.
01:06Last week, a Malaysian pilot was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle more than 25 kilograms of ecstasy through Sukarno
01:14-Hatta International Airport.
01:15The suspect told investigators he was promised RM50,000 to transport the drugs to Jakarta and had allegedly carried out
01:22two previous smuggling operations before this arrest.
01:26The suspect told us to be a
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