Customs authorities on Indonesia's resort island of Bali have arrested seven Iranian nationals on suspicion of smuggling methamphetamine into the country, police said Thursday, DPA reported.
The drugs were packed in capsules and then swallowed, said Bali police spokesman Gde Sugianyar.
The seven male suspects arrived at Ngurah Rai airport on Wednesday afternoon from Istanbul, Turkey. They planned to sell the drugs in Bali and the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, Sugianyar said.
A total of 371 capsules weighing 5 grams each were discovered in the suspects' stomachs, with a total worth estimated up to 4 billion rupiah (427,800 dollars), said Kokot Indarto, director of drugs at Bali police.
"We're believe that all of them were members of transnational drug syndicates," Indarto said.
Indonesia's Bali customs arrest seven Iranians with drugs
Customs authorities on Indonesia's resort island of Bali have arrested seven Iranian nationals on suspicion of smuggling methamphetamine into the country, police said Thursday.
