Ponorogo, E Java, Dec. 3 -- The husband of Dewi Astutik, an Indonesian woman arrested in Cambodia over her alleged role in a major transnational drug ring, said he had no knowledge of her suspected involvement in the smuggling of two tonnes of crystal meth uncovered earlier this year.

Sarno, 51, said his wife rarely sent money home while working overseas and that he believed she was employed as a domestic worker.

"I only knew she was a migrant worker, a housemaid. I had no idea about drugs. All I can do now is surrender to the process," Sarno told reporters here Wednesday.

Astutik, also known as Paryatin, was detained by Cambodian police and deported to Indonesia, where she is now being questioned by narcotics investigators.

Her arres...