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Drugged Malaysian pilot risks death penalty for smuggling in Indonesia
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A Malaysian pilot who tested positive for meth, MDMA, and cocaine 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 Friday.
The airport customs office did not say which carrier the pilot worked for, but the flight number indicated it was a Malaysia Airlines plane.
Under Indonesian law, he risks the death penalty or life imprisonment.
Indonesia has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws, including the death penalty for traffickers, but has maintained a moratorium on executions for several years.
- Airline 'internal review'The pilot told investigators he had been promised some 50,000 Malaysian ringgit (just over $12,000) to deliver the narcotics in Jakarta.