Wednesday April 12, said it has discovered a Nigerian drug syndicate
following the arrest of a German citizen at the airport by the National
Anti Narcotics Agency.
The German citizen identified only by the initials
CG was detained on April 3, by customs officers after arriving at Soekarno-Hatta
International Airport in Jakarta.
Officers noticed something was off
when CG’s baggage went through screening. They found 2.65 kilograms of
methamphetamine in one of his bags.
“According to information received by officers, CG admitted that he
carried 2.65 kilograms of meth under the order of a Nigerian suspect
identified only by the initial A. This Nigerian suspect ordered CG to
stay in West Jakarta because he would order someone to meet him there,”
explained Erwin Situmorang, head of Soekarno-Hatta International airport
customs office.
Customs officers are partnering with local police to investigate the
matter further. Local police took CG to the hotel in West Jakarta and
arrested the Nigerian(PICTURED) identified only by the initials IH, who was
supposed to take the meth from CG. The man claimed that he was ordered
to do so by A.
However, the case did not end after police arrested IH. After further
investigation, they also arrested a local citizen (with the initials
RS) on April 4, 2017. Similar to previous suspects, RS also admitted
that she was following orders from someone in Nigeria via Facebook. RS
and another unnamed local suspect were to distribute the meth in
100-gram packages each.
These packages were to be sold in West Jakarta and according to one
of the suspects, there are more people involved in the business. Martua
Raja Silitonga, commissary police and head unit of resort police in
Soekarno-Hatta
international Airport mentioned that a felon from Salemba prison (with
the initial R) is allegedly overseeing the syndicate’s activities from
behind bars. Additionally, he mentioned that R planned to also sell the
meth to his spouse’s sibling.
So far, police have identified 14 people involved, nine of whom are
still suspects while five of wom were convicted in the past and are
currently serving prison sentences.
“Normally drug couriers come from Malaysia or Hong Kong, while CG came from Doha,” said Situmorang to reporters.
Additionally, these suspects are to face law number 35 of 2009
regarding narcotics, with possible death sentences and a Rp.10 billion
(US$750,000) fine.
Source: Publica, Kompas/Indonesia Expat
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