Batam nabs Singaporean over smuggling of drug-filled vape cartridges
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The Indonesian authorities reportedly became suspicious about the Singaporean woman (centre) due to her awkward gait.
PHOTO: THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
JAKARTA – The law enforcement authorities in Batam in the Riau Islands have detained a Singaporean woman for attempting to smuggle 40 vape cartridges containing etomidate – a non-barbiturate hypnotic and class II narcotic in Indonesia – known as Kpods in Singapore.
Officers from the Batam Customs and Excise Office detained the woman, identified by her initials WSB, when she arrived at 10pm local time on Sept 3 at the city’s Harbour Bay Ferry Terminal in Batu Ampar district aboard the last ferry from Singapore.