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Indonesia's busiest international airport has recorded more than 300 drug cases in seven months, with syndicates exploiting its status as a major transit hub and recruiting couriers from multiple nationalities to smuggle substances including methamphetamine and MDMA.
Indonesian authorities have arrested a 22-year-old Malaysian at Juanda International Airport in East Java after discovering nearly one kilogramme of methamphetamine and more than 1,000 ecstasy pills hidden beneath a corset during a body search.
Malaysia's border control agency stops short of confirming counter-setting involvement in the Indonesia drug smuggling case affecting a Malaysian Airlines pilot, citing incomplete investigation.
Indonesian authorities have dismantled a sophisticated cross-border narcotics network centred in Batam, arresting six suspects and seizing large quantities of MDMA, methamphetamine and etomidate. Two Malaysian suppliers remain fugitives.
Indonesia's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport has implemented stricter baggage screening protocols for all flight crew after a Malaysian pilot was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle 25kg of ecstasy into the country.