The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 11/25/2008 3:28 PM
Customs and Excise officials said they had intercepted more smuggling attempts at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport this year compared to the year before.
They said the office had salvaged a total Rp 3.5 billion from the sale of confiscated goods, which went to the state.
"Even though we've stepped up surveillance, the number of smuggling attempts has increased significantly," intelligence chief Eko Darmanto told tempointeraktif.com on Tuesday.
The current global economic crisis had sparked an increase in the amount of goods smuggled into the country, Eko said.
Based on Customs and Excise office records, there were 397 foiled smuggling attempts up until November this year, as compared to 320 cases recording in the same period last year.
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