DEATH SENTENCE?
The Malaysian pilot tested positive for meth, MDMA and cocaine, and customs officials found 14 bags
of ecstasy in his suitcase
A Malaysian pilot who tested positive for drugs after flying a passenger plane to Indonesia risks the death penalty for allegedly smuggling more than 70,000 ecstasy tablets in his suitcase, officials said yesterday.The 39-year-old pilot, identified only by his initials, MSO, was arrested on Wednesday at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta international airport shortly after arriving from Kuala Lumpur.The airport customs office did not say which carrier the pilot worked for, but the flight number indicated it was a Malaysia Airlines plane.
Indonesian customs officials display drugs allegedly smuggled by a Malaysian pilot as evidence during a press conference at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, near Jakarta, yesterday.
