BALI CUSTOMS STOPS FRENCH TOURIST CARRYING HEROIN

Denpasar, Jan 23 (ANTARA) - Bali customs officers on Saturday detained a French tourist who had tried to bring in a quantity of heroin via Ngurah Rai airport.

The customs office investigation division's chief, Bagus Endro Wibowo, confirms the arrest but could not yet give further details on the case.

Other sources said the suspect, identified as AS, was caught carrying 0.78 kilograms of heroin and two injection tools inside his pocket after he disembarked from a flight from Bangkok, Thailand.