Mataram. A German man has been detained on the Indonesian resort island of Lombok for attempting to smuggle 3.7 kilograms (8.1 pounds) of hashish with a street value of $730,000, officials said Sunday.
Rolf Oskar Josef Schweikert, 57, was arrested upon landing on Saturday at Lombok's airport, arriving from Singapore with Silk Air, provincial customs office chief Listrijono told reporters.
"We arrested again a foreign national trying to smuggle illegal drugs into the island of Lombok. The 3.7 kilograms of hashish were found in the lining of his suitcase," he said.
"The suspect could face a death penalty under Indonesian law," provincial police detective chief Ricky Simon Paays said.
Indonesia enforces stiff penalties, including life imprisonment and death, for drug trafficking.
Indonesian police arrested a South African woman on Thursday attempting to smuggle 2.6 kilograms of methamphetamine with a street value of $500,000 into the island.
Source: Agence France-Presse, October 14, 2012
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