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BUST OF DRUGS. An Indonesian customs officer speaks to reporters at a press conference after seizing emergency pills containing a key ingredient to make illicit drugs at Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali. Indonesia on July 16, 2018.
Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP
DENPASAR, Indonesia – Bali police said on Monday (July 16th) that it had intercepted a huge pile of cold-relief tablets containing a key ingredient for making illicit drugs in Australia [19659006] Pseudoephedrine capsules sent from South Korea to Australia were discovered during a stop over on the Indonesian island, they said.
The bust arrived in January, but was announced on Monday
. Australia
Pill bottles, weighing nearly 140 kilograms (310 pounds) in total, have been labeled as healthy foods, authorities said.
Laboratory tests confirmed that they contained pseudoephedrine, a precursor of methamphetamine. and other illegal drugs, said the director general of Indonesian Customs Heru Pambudi
An Australian resident, who has not been identified, had been arrested by Australian police budi added.
Indonesia has some of the toughest drug laws in the world. Strangers are regularly caught trying to carry drugs to Bali and some have been sentenced to death.
In the first half of 2018, the Bali Customs Office reported seizing 3.9 tons of drugs and ingredients used as precursors of methamphetamine. l & # 39; Ile. – Rappler.com
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