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Tangerang, Banten (ANTARA News) - Customs officers at Jakarta`s Soekarno-Hatta international airport have foiled an attempt to smuggle in an assortment of fire arms and ammunition hidden in car part packages from the United States, a spokesman said.

The authorties have already picked up the person to whom the consignment was addressed -- an Indonesian living in Bandung, West Java, identified as Andreas Kodijat.

"The fire arms were concealed in packages officially containing vehicle spare parts," the head of the airport customs service`s investigation and action section, Eko Dharmanto, said in Tangerang on Monday night.

The customs officers found 20 long-barrel guns, six hand guns, 399 rounds of caliber 368 and 338 guns, handy talkies, ammunition and gun-butt making tools.

Dharmanto said the way in which the weapons and ammunition had been sent to Indonesia was a violation of the country`s customs law and the case had been turned over to the police.

The offense was punishable with a maximum jail sentence of 20 years or death, he said.

The sender of the contraband was a US citizen by the name of Gary D Funderburg of 6498, New York 30th Terrade, Bethany, USA.(*)

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