Indonesia arrests Malaysia Airlines pilot for smuggling drugs into Jakarta

Indonesian authorities on Friday arrested a Malaysia Airlines pilot accused of smuggling more than 26 kilograms (57 pounds) of ecstasy and a package of methamphetamine into Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

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A Malaysia Airlines pilot is facing the death penalty after 14 bags of ecstasy was found in his luggage after he landed a plane in Indonesia.

A Malaysian Airlines pilot tested positive for cocaine and meth after flying a passenger jet into Jakarta, with Indonesian authorities finding over 70,000 ecstasy pills in his suitcase.

A Malaysian pilot who tested positive for meth, MDMA, and cocaine after flying a passenger plane to Indonesia risked the death penalty for allegedly smuggling more than 70,000 Ecstasy tablets in his suitcase, officials said on Friday. The 39-year-old pilot, identified only by his initials, MSO, was arrested on Wednesda

Customs officials found 14 bags of ecstasy — more than 70,000 pills — in the pilot's suitcase and 4 grams of meth, thought to be for personal use, in his hand luggage.

The pilot had just flown a Malaysia Airlines plane from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta. and was found to have been under the influence of cocaine and methamphetamine after a urine test.

Indonesia arrests Malaysian pilot for allegedly smuggling 26 kilograms of MDMA, customs office says  Reuters

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