JAKARTA: Two Hong Kong men including a 17-year-old have been arrested trying to smuggle almost $600,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine into Indonesia, an offence punishable by death, an official said Friday.

The teenager was the youngest ever person caught trying to traffic drugs through the international airport that serves the capital Jakarta, customs official Okto Irianto told AFP.

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