A 39-year-old Malaysia Airlines pilot, identified as MSO, was allegedly caught with drugs at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Indonesia on July 28. Customs officers flagged the luggage of the pilot, who was traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta, as suspicious during an X-ray scan.
A search of the luggage revealed 14 large packages containing 70,114 drug pills weighing a total of 25.2 kilograms. Additionally,
Total weight of drug pills seized from luggage
Authorities stated that the pilot's urine test was positive for drug use and assessed that he was under the influence of drugs during the flight. Police also determined that the pilot was carrying a bottle of pre-obtained clean urine to pass sudden drug tests.
If there is a sudden test, I was going to use this
In his statement, the pilot said he brought the drugs to Jakarta under the instruction of another person.
Police alleged that the pilot had carried out drug smuggling on two previous occasions.