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Anything from iPhones and iPads to gold and drugged monkeys have been smuggled on commercial aircraft in recent years.

INTERNATIONAL - Indonesia’s top airline executive is set to be fired for allegedly ordering a classic Harley-Davidson motorcycle to be secretly shipped into the country on a new Airbus jet, the latest in a long line of smuggling incidents in the global aviation industry.

In the case of Indonesia, smuggling happens “often and under various means, and through many channels,” Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told reporters in Jakarta on Thursday, as it was announced that PT Garuda Indonesia’s chief executive officer would be fired.

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