Indonesia arrests Greek man over $1.6m drug haul

 

Indonesian police have arrested a Greek man who allegedly tried to smuggle methamphetamine worth US$1.2 million (S$1.6 million) onto the resort island of Bali, a customs official said on Wednesday. Nikolaos Bouikidis, who could face the death penalty if convicted, was found to have 4.2kg of the drug hidden in the lining of his suitcase, said Made Wijaya, head of the Ngurah Rai customs office. The 36-year-old arrived in Bali's capital Denpasar on Monday on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha, via Singapore. 'At customs we detected suspicious objects in a grey suitcase belonging to the suspect. After an in-depth examination, we found two pieces of plastic objects in a crystal-shaped cavity in the wall of the suitcase,' Mr Wijaya said.