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Rp 200 billion drug smuggling plot Jakarta airport foiled The customs at the international airport of Soekarno-Hatta near Jakarta have stopped the smuggling of some 26.8 kilograms of drugs and 17.5 liters of liquid drugs towards the Middle East. The drugs are worth some 195 billion Rupiah (13.8 million euro). Ten people from the Middle East were to fly on four separate flights to carry the drugs to their destination.

Posted in Drugs @ 23 October 2009 02:03 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Son of mayor arrested during drug party The police of the city Bontang in East Kalimantan has arrested five people early on Wednesday. They were caught during a drug party held in a house in the city. One of those arrested was soon identified as the son of Bontang mayor Sofyan Hasdam. The Bontang police chief, Ismed Wijaya, confirmed the arrest of the mayors son. The remainder of the crystal methamphetamine, popularly named shabu-shabu was seized by the police.

Posted in Drugs @ 24 September 2009 04:40 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Drug addicts seen as criminals under new law The House of Representatives has passed a new anti-narcotics bill last Monday amid criticism from anti-drug groups saying that the new law will not help rehabilitate drug addicts. "This law classifies drug addicts as criminals and therefore subjects them to criminal charges, while doctors have said that drug addiction is a curable disease," said Asmin Fransisca, the coordinator for the Indonesian Coalition for Drug Policy Reform (ICDPR).

Posted in Drugs @ 18 September 2009 01:20 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


1.74 tons of marijuana seized by Sukabumi police The regional police of Sukabumi has seized some 1.74 tons of dried marijuana when it raided a house in the city of Sukabumi last Friday. The raid was a joint operation between the National Narcotics Brigade and the police in the region. The total value of the drugs is estimated at 6 billion Rupiah (410.000 euro). The drugs were already prepared for distribution. Four suspects were arrested during the raid.

Posted in Drugs @ 13 September 2009 09:18 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


3.6 million drug addicts in Indonesia The Badan Narkotika Nasional (BNN, National Narcotics Brigade) in Indonesia has said that the country currently has 3.6 million registered addicts of various kinds of narcotics. It is estimated that only some ten percent of the cases around drug abuse surfaces, which makes people believe that the problem is in fact far larger.

Posted in Drugs @ 27 August 2009 03:41 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions






Schappelle Corby goes crazy in Bali prison Australian drug smuggler Schappelle Corby is going crazy in Balinese prison where she has to fulfill a 20-year jail term after trying to smuggle several kilograms of marijuana from Bali to Australia. In a psychiatric report she is said to be 'hanging by a thread', and should be reviewed as soon as possible for being sent home to Australia to finish her sentence there. An Australian psychiatrist was allowed to visit Corby last month.

Posted in Drugs @ 26 August 2009 03:09 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 4 reactions


89 kilograms of marijuana found in one room The local police in Depok have succeeded in seizing 89 kilograms of marijuana ready to be distributed in a boarding house in the Pancoran Mas Permai housing complex in the city in West Java province. The police was not able to arrest the person who was about to distribute the drugs, only known by his initials A.Y.

Posted in Drugs @ 12 August 2009 07:03 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


1.8 kilograms of heroin: in prison for life A court in South Jakarta has demanded a life sentence for Raysi Yolanda, which smuggled 1.8 kilograms of heroin. The head of the judges of the South Jakarta court, Setia Untung Arimuladi, said yesterday that the demanded sentence was read to the suspect one day earlier.

Posted in Drugs @ 31 July 2009 02:37 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Drug bust nets two Swedish men at Kuta hotel Two Swedish tourists, Kjell Avald Holst (25) and Karl John Bronell (26), have had an abrupt change of accommodation during their Bali holiday following their arrest by Bali police at a popular Kuta hotel and their removal to holding cells at police headquarters.

Posted in Drugs @ 02 May 2009 14:01 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 13 reactions


Two Canadians arrested for drugs on Lombok island Two Canadian women are facing four years' jail in Indonesia after being arrested while allegedly smoking a marijuana joint during their holiday, police said Thursday. The women, aged 31 and 30, were arrested in February on the eastern island of Lombok and remain in custody, police said.

Posted in Drugs @ 02 April 2009 05:29 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 4 reactions






Police raids drug-factory in luxury Bogor villa A luxury villa in Kampung Pasir Putih in Bogor, West Java, has been raided by the regional and local police of Bogor earlier today. The villa was used as a factory for the production of synthetic drugs and is said to be the biggest factory in Bogor. At the moment of the raid the police was able to seize amounts of chemicals and production equipment.

Posted in Drugs @ 22 February 2009 00:55 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Ecstasy factory found in North Jakarta appartment The anti-drugs unit from the Jakarta police succeeded in breaking down an ecstasy factory in an apartment in the Gading Mediterania complex in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta. Three people were arrested in the apartment. Police also found evidence in the form of 17 kilo's of marijuana (worth 1.1 million euro), 31.000 tablets of ecstasy (worth 390.000 euro) , chemicals and equipment to make the drugs.

Posted in Drugs @ 16 January 2009 03:39 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Indonesia executes two Nigerian drug smugglers The shots that rang out across an isolated Indonesian island today were a chilling warning for three Australians on death row. Police marched two Nigerian men into Nirbaya forest on an island off Central Java, handcuffed them to two poles and opened fire. Their crime was to smuggle heroin into a country with some of the toughest drug laws in the world.

Posted in Drugs @ 27 June 2008 03:24 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 5 reactions


 Indonesia to speed up drug executions Indonesia says it will speed up the execution process of drug traffickers, in a major blow for three Australians on death row for heroin smuggling. As authorities prepared for the executions last night of two Nigerian heroin smugglers, Attorney-General Hendarman Supandji said other drug offenders on death row could expect their cases to be expedited.

Posted in Drugs @ 26 June 2008 01:48 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Tangerang police seizes 18 kilograms of marijuana As much as 18 kilograms of marijuana was seized by the regional police of Tangerang. They also arrested a person only known by the initials E.S., which is said to be the owner of these illegal goods. In front of cameras E.S. told reporters that the goods originated from Aceh. He bought them in Cilegon, Banten. "The marijuana is from Aceh, and I bought it in Cilegon," he said to reporters. He paid some 800.000 Rupiah (55 euro) per kilogram for it in Cilegon and was able to sell it at around two million Rupiah (138 euro) per kilogram again.

Posted in Drugs @ 17 June 2008 12:43 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions






Indonesia to execute two drug traffickers soon Authorities in Indonesia are making final preparations to the execution of two convicted drug traffickers, this was announced by an official yesterday. "We are currently preparing the execution of two people who have been sentenced to death for drug offenses," attorney general's office spokesman Bonaventura Daulat Nainggolan told. He didn't give any names, but said that they both had gone through all the options for appeal and their demand for clemency was rejected by the president as well.

Posted in Drugs @ 15 May 2008 04:41 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Police dismantles ecstasy-factory near Makassar The anti-drug brigade of the regional police in Makassar, Southern Sulawesi, has closed down an ecstasy-factory early in the morning. Outside confiscating a number of tablets also self-made weapons were confiscated and the owner of the building in which the factory was located was arrested. This person has been arrested in 2005 for the production of drugs as well.

Posted in Drugs @ 23 April 2008 14:32 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Two Taiwanese arrested for drugs trafficking Indonesian authorities have arrested two Taiwanese nationals for trying to smuggle nearly seven kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine into the country, local media reports said Sunday. The two, identified as Kuo Ting Liu, 23, and Huang Yu Lum, 26, were arrested on Friday by custom officers at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International airport, soon after they arrived on a China Airlines flight from Hong Kong.

Posted in Drugs @ 13 April 2008 10:45 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Two Dutch prisoners to be executed by firing squad Two Dutch prisoners are threatened to be executed by a firing squad because they have been sentenced to death for producing ecstasy. According to their Dutch lawyer Bart Stapert the Dutch government is not taking enough action to prevent the capital punishments from being executed any time soon.

Posted in Drugs @ 09 April 2008 10:06 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Indonesia against prisoner transfers for drug criminals Authorities in Indonesia say they oppose transferring prisoners convicted of drug crimes or terrorism back to Australia, dealing a blow to the hopes of the Bali Nine and Schapelle Corby. Australia and Indonesia have been negotiating a prisoner exchange deal for more than two years.

Posted in Drugs @ 12 March 2008 11:02 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Indonesia not to execute three of the Bali Nine Indonesia's Supreme Court has reduced the death sentences handed down to three Australians convicted of drugs smuggling to life imprisonment. The Australians' lawyer today announced that the Jakarta court issued its ruling a few days ago. Neither the Indonesian nor the Australian authorities have confirmed the news.

Posted in Drugs @ 06 March 2008 11:23 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Indonesia: 'Corby may serve 9 more years before transfer' The convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby could still spend another nine years in an Indonesian prison under a prisoner transfer treaty being negotiated with Australia. There are still eight sticking points in negotiations between Australia and Indonesia over a prisoner transfer agreement which has been under discussion for several years.

Posted in Drugs @ 03 March 2008 20:56 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Six people arrested in Tangerang for smuggling ecstasy A spokesman for the Anti-drugs department of the Metro Jaya regional police in Jakarta, Arman Depari, just announced the initials of the six people that were arrested in Ruko Mutiara Palem, Cengkareng, Tangerang, while the full names of those arrested were already known to the reporters at the press conference. The people arrested were Siegfried Mets (Dutch), Ong Tiong Yoh (Singapore), Chen Hoa Yi (Taiwan), Tzu Chiang (Taiwan), Li Hao Yi (Taiwan) and Alek alias Alexander (Indonesia).

Posted in Drugs @ 28 February 2008 05:28 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 1 reaction


Police confiscates 410.000 ecstacy pills Yesterday afternoon the Jakarta police and Jakarta harbor police have confiscated 410.000 ecstasy pills. The drugs are valued at some 41 billion Rupiah (3 million euro) and were confiscated from a Malaysian named Ong Seng Chye. The illegal goods were found in a rented house in Jalan Janur Elok Blok QG1, Kelapa Gading in North Jakarta. The arrest and confiscation followed after residents made reports to the police about this. There were reports that there were 500 ecstasy pills.

Posted in Drugs @ 04 December 2007 10:15 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Indonesia seizes 3.4 million euro worth of ecstasy Indonesian authorities have seized ecstasy tablets with an estimated value of 3.4 million euro. Five people - among them were two Malaysians - were also arrested during raids in several locations of Jakarta. About half a million pills were confiscated from several apartments in Jakarta, told Indradi Thanos, the director of the narcotics department from the national police.

Posted in Drugs @ 24 November 2007 12:22 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Court rejects Bali nine death penalty challenge The Constitutional Court in Indonesia has rejected a challenge to the death penalty which was brought by three members of the so-called 'Bali Nine', who are on death row. Convicted drug trafficker Scott Rush and the ringleaders of the Bali Nine, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were the initiators. The Constitutional Court rejected the challenge to the death penalty in Indonesia saying that the ultimate punishment is according to the Indonesian law.

Posted in Drugs @ 30 October 2007 09:54 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Security chief busted with narcotics inside prison Tempo Interaktif reports that Bali's Chief of Police, Inspector General Paulus Purwoko, has ordered anti-narcotic raids at all of Bali's prisons. The order follows the recent capture and arrest of Muhammad Sudrajad, the Chief of Security at Bali's Kerobokan for his alleged involvement a narcotics transaction and further reports of his involvement in a large drug ring at the prison.

Posted in Drugs @ 16 September 2007 11:33 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Nine get death penalty for producing ecstasy in Indonesia Indonesia's Supreme Court sentenced nine men, including Chinese, French and Dutch nationals, to death Tuesday for producing millions of pills of the illegal recreational drug Ecstasy. The punishment for the foreigners was harsher than that rendered by a lower court last year which had ordered the execution of just the two alleged Indonesian ringleaders.

Posted in Drugs @ 30 May 2007 09:39 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Bali Nine appeal to challenge death sentence Lawyers of the convicted Bali Nine drug trafficker Scott Rush say experts on international law will speak in the constitutional court of Indonesia next week to appeal against his death sentence. Rush is one of nine Australians aught smuggling eight kilograms of heroin out of Indonesia.

Posted in Drugs @ 24 April 2007 03:36 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Indonesia seen as worlds biggest ecstasy producer The national police in Indonesia said that the country is the worlds biggest producer of ecstasy, a synthetic, mind-altering drug with hallucinogenic properties. Antara news agency reported this yesterday based on findings from data collected by the national police's criminal investigation department.

Posted in Drugs @ 13 April 2007 02:46 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Malaysian police detain five Indonesias, seize drugs Malaysian police have detained five Indonesian men believed to have been trying to smuggle in 90 blocks of marijuana worth 180,000 ringgit (39.100 euro), a news report said Friday. Police from the central Selangor state discovered the drugs hidden in a car driven by one of the suspects late Wednesday, said head of narcotics Abdul Jalil Hassan.

Posted in Drugs @ 19 January 2007 15:33 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Indonesia sentences four Australians to death An Indonesian appeals court has sentenced four Australian members of a drug smuggling ring to death, prompting a protest from the Australian government, officials said Wednesday. But the court spared the lives of two other Australians, sentencing them to life in prison. The fate of the men - part of a trafficking ring dubbed the "Bali Nine" by the media - has been followed closely in Australia, which does not have a death penalty. If carried out, the death sentences could strain ties between the two countries.

Posted in Drugs @ 07 September 2006 04:39 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 17 reactions


Indonesia confiscates record 950 kilos of crystal methamphetamine Indonesian police on Tuesday confiscated nearly 1 ton of crystal methamphetamine apparently smuggled into the country from Hong Kong in what was believed to be the largest seizure in the country's history, a senior official said. The national police chief, General Sutanto, said about 950 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, locally known as "shabu-shabu," was seized by the Jakarta city police during routine patrols in the Tanggerang district on the western outskirts of Jakarta, the state-run Antara news agency reported.

Posted in Drugs @ 29 August 2006 15:27 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Mate, you can now move to Aussie jail There is some good news for Australians serving jail terms in Bali's Kerobokan prison. Thanks to a prisoner transfer agreement to be signed between Australia and Indonesia, they will be able to serve out their sentences in their home country, closer to their own families. One would think they would be happy, especially as Kerobokan prison has been described as a hell-hole where sanitary and health standards are sorely lacking.

Posted in Drugs @ 02 July 2006 10:50 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Australia, Indonesia police bust major drug ring Australian and Indonesian police have disrupted the largest pseudoephedrine smuggling syndicate to ever target Australia, halting the manufacture of about A$71 million (41.2 million euro) worth of the drug methamphetamine. The syndicate allegedly imported more than 380kg of pseudoephedrine into Australia on six occasions from early 2005, the Australian Federal Police said in a statement today.

Posted in Drugs @ 29 June 2006 07:12 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Indonesia prepares to execute 16 drug offenders Indonesian authorities are preparing to execute 16 people, including 10 foreigners from Africa and Asia, who are on death row for drug trafficking. An official at the attorney general's office has quoted Attorney General spokesman, I Wayan Pasek, as saying that the 16 prisoners have exhausted every legal avenue of appeal.

Posted in Drugs @ 29 June 2006 07:09 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Aussie faces 10 years jail in Indonesia An Australian woman arrested with a small amount of marijuana on the Indonesian island of Lombok faces court on Monday, with the possibility of a 10-year jail sentence. Local resident Barbara Kathleen Higgs, 43, was arrested in February, allegedly with 50 grams of cannabis and two small bags of seeds, at the resort beach of Sengiggi, where she part-owns a hotel named the Bulan Baru, or New Moon.

Posted in Drugs @ 22 May 2006 06:46 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Bali sentences stoke tensions with Indonesia Australia was last night bracing itself for more tension with Indonesia following the death sentences handed down to two Bali Nine ringleaders and the life sentences that will possibly see the other ring members die in Indonesian jails. Andrew Chan, 22, and Myuran Sukumaran, 24, were convicted of drug smuggling at Denpasar District Court and face death by firing squad unless they launch a successful appeal or are granted a presidential pardon.

Posted in Drugs @ 15 February 2006 09:05 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 3 reactions


Firing squad for two Australian drug smugglers Two Australians were sentenced to death by firing squad today for leading a drug smuggling ring on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali. The trials of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were being closely watched in Australia, which opposes the death penalty and where stiff sentences for drug offences have in the past sparked public outcry.

Posted in Drugs @ 14 February 2006 07:02 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 3 reactions


Drug trial for young Australian postponed A court on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Monday postponed hearing the defence plea of a young Australian who may face life in jail for heroin trafficking. Judges in the trial of 20-year-old Scott Rush, one of nine Australians accused of involvement in a heroin smuggling ring, postponed the trial to Wednesday after his defence asked for more time to prepare their plea.

Posted in Drugs @ 30 January 2006 09:51 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Prosecutors demand second death penalty for 'Bali Nine' Indonesian prosecutors asked a court on Thursday to sentence to death another one of the alleged ring leaders of a drug smuggling operation involving nine Australians dubbed the 'Bali Nine'. Prosecutors demanded the death penalty for Australian Andrew Chan, 21, who was arrested April 17 at a hotel in Bali during a sting operation on an organized drug smuggling network on the resort island.

Posted in Drugs @ 27 January 2006 07:09 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 2 reactions


Indonesia reinstates smuggler's sentence Indonesia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by an Australian woman convicted for smuggling marijuana, and reinstated her original 20-year sentence, a court official said Thursday.

Posted in Drugs @ 19 January 2006 19:13 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 3 reactions


Indonesia expects death penalty backlash Indonesia is braced for a public backlash in Australia against any death sentences meted out to the Bali Nine. Prosecutors in Denpasar will in the next fortnight start making sentence demands for the nine Australians, who were arrested last April over a failed bid to smuggle 8kg of heroin worth $4 million from Bali to Sydney.

Posted in Drugs @ 06 January 2006 07:12 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Two Australians face court on drug charges A 45-year-old Brisbane man working in Indonesia has pleaded guilty to possession of the drug shabu shabu, a form of crystal methampetamine. John Michael Kelly from Warwick in Queensland has appeared in court in Sangata in East Kalimantan province. Prosecutors have demanded that Kelly serve 18 months in prison.

Posted in Drugs @ 06 December 2005 07:04 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Leslie story could 'humiliate' Indonesia Michelle Leslie could do serious harm to Australian interests in Indonesia if she sells her story, former Federal Court Justice Marcus Einfeld says. Leslie, who returned to Australia yesterday, was believed to be in negotiations to sell her story after spending three months in a Bali prison for drug possession. Justice Einfeld said the media should not seek her story, particularly if it involves more than a recount of her court trial for the possession of two ecstasy tablets.

Posted in Drugs @ 23 November 2005 06:59 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 2 reactions


Australian model to be freed soon after Bali verdict An Indonesian court in Bali on Friday found an Australian model guilty of illegally receiving ecstasy pills and sentenced her to three months in jail, but she will be freed within days because of time spent in custody. Michelle Leslie was detained by police before going to an outdoor party on the resort island on August 20, which means the 24-year-old woman should be free by Sunday.

Posted in Drugs @ 18 November 2005 13:50 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 1 reaction


A factory of shame Over a long period in a hamlet in Tangerang, Banten, workers have quietly churned out illegal drugs in a factory licensed to produce cables, seemingly without disruption, until fish in a nearby stream died, from red and yellow substances dumped into the water it was surmised.

Posted in Drugs @ 15 November 2005 00:00 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Indonesians raid 'one of world's biggest drug plants' Indonesian police have detained 12 people after raiding a factory making ecstasy pills and methamphetamines that officers described as one of the biggest such plants in the world. Police said anti-narcotics officers raided the factory on Friday near the city of Serang, about 75 kilometres west of Jakarta.

Posted in Drugs @ 12 November 2005 09:47 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 12 reactions


Court appearance for alleged drug ringleader In Indonesia, the alleged ringleader of the so called Bali nine heroin smuggling ring has appeared in court for the first time. The eight men and one woman were arrested in Bali in April, accused of attempting to smuggle more than eight kilograms of heroin to Australia. The prosecution indictment casts 21 year old Australian Andrew Chan as the leader of the group.

Posted in Drugs @ 15 October 2005 10:24 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Nine Austrailans go on trial in Indonesia over drug charges The first trials of nine Australians accused of trying to smuggle nearly nine kilograms of heroin from the Indonesian island of Bali to Sydney are due to begin later in the day. All nine face charges of possession and trafficking heroin, with Indonesian prosecutors seeking the death penalty in each of the cases.

Posted in Drugs @ 11 October 2005 07:05 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Australian model detained with 2,000 Ecstasy tablets in Medan A 21-year old Australian has been arrested in Medan, the capital of Indonesia's North Sumatra province, for allegedly distributing the party drug Ecstasy, police said Monday, after authorities allegedly found more than 2,000 tablets in his possession. The man, described as an English teacher, was seized at a house he rented in Medan on Saturday, police said in a statement. If convicted, he could be sentenced to death.

Posted in Drugs @ 23 August 2005 07:15 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 8 reactions


Indonesia questions Australian drugs suspect An Australian woman has been arrested on the Indonesian island of Bali on suspicion of possessing drugs. Michelle Leslie, 24, was detained on Saturday at a party near Kuta for allegedly being in possession of two amphetamine tablets. The tablets in question are now being tested.

Posted in Drugs @ 22 August 2005 08:34 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Corby's last hearing brings in two Aussies After hearing testimony on Wednesday from two Brisbane-based employees of Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd., the Denpasar District Court closed the second trial for an Australian woman convicted of smuggling drugs into Bali.

Posted in Drugs @ 04 August 2005 14:05 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 7 reactions


Bizarre wish list hinders Corby Schapelle Corby's chances of winning her appeal have slumped after the Federal Government was unable to meet a list of bizarre demands by her new defence team, headed by the bejewelled Indonesian lawyer, Hotman Paris Hutapea.

Posted in Drugs @ 19 June 2005 12:59 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Downer: Corby outrage backfiring Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has urged Australians angry at Schapelle Corby's 20 year jail term to keep their mouths shut as he warned continuing criticism would only get the Indonesian judges' backs up. He said Australian criticism of Indonesia and suggestions its legal system was corrupt were harming Corby's appeal against her drug smuggling conviction.

Posted in Drugs @ 05 June 2005 11:06 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 7 reactions


Indonesia dampens hopes of prison transfer for Corby A prisoner transfer agreement between Australia and Indonesia is far from a certainty, a senior Indonesian official says. Australia will send a team of negotiators to Indonesia next week to thrash out a deal which could allow Schapelle Corby to serve part of her sentence on home soil.

Posted in Drugs @ 31 May 2005 14:09 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 7 reactions


Downer warns against Indonesia boycott Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer has warned that any backlash against Indonesia as a result of Schapelle Corby's guilty verdict will not help her return to Australia. Mr Downer says the trial was conducted in line with Indonesia's justice system.

Posted in Drugs @ 30 May 2005 07:22 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 7 reactions


Australian drug smuggler gets 20 years in jail The Indonesian court in Bali Friday morning sentenced 27-year-old Australian beauty therapist Schapelle Corby to 20 years' imprisonment for trafficking 4.1 kilograms of marijuana into the resort island last year, which is much less than the life imprisonment proposed by the prosecutors.

Posted in Drugs @ 27 May 2005 09:40 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 7 reactions


More jail for Corby whatever the result Schapelle Corby will remain in a Bali jail possibly for months even if three Indonesian judges acquit her on Friday. Chief prosecutor Ida Bagus Wiswantanu has told The Australian he intends to launch an appeal if the 27-year-old Gold Coast woman were found guilty of drug smuggling but sentenced to anything less than life in prison, the sentence he has recommended.

Posted in Drugs @ 23 May 2005 08:17 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 7 reactions


Judges in Corby trial likely to dismiss letter as evidence While Australian-based lawyers have welcomed the Federal Government's letter, its contents appear to have disappointed Schapelle Corby's Indonesian legal team. And the prosecutor in the case is also unimpressed. Ida Bagus Wiswantanu says it's a pointless move and that the material comes too late to be tested in the trial process or to be considered as evidence.

Posted in Drugs @ 16 May 2005 11:40 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 7 reactions


Teen faces court in connection with Bali nine An 18-year-old Sunnybank man has faced court in Brisbane, charged with conspiring to import drugs. Australian Federal Police (AFP) allege the teenager is linked to the nine Australians facing drug charges in Bali. Shoade Cau was one of four people arrested in Brisbane on Friday.

Posted in Drugs @ 09 May 2005 00:02 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Corby urges judges to free her With her voice breaking, Schapelle Corby has made a last-ditch plea to three Indonesian judges to let her go free, claiming she was an innocent victim who had been punished enough.Before a packed Denpasar court decorated by her family and friends with yellow freedom ribbons, Corby denied any involvement with drugs and said her only crime had been to leave her luggage unlocked.

Posted in Drugs @ 29 April 2005 00:04 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 7 reactions


Police kill Nepalese drug peddler in Jakarta Police raided a house near Indonesia's capital and shot and killed and a Nepali man suspected of supplying heroin to nine Australians arrested on the island of Bali earlier this month, an official said on Thursday.

Posted in Drugs @ 29 April 2005 00:02 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Bali Nine linked to major drug syndicate Indonesian police have revealed they are now investigating links between the alleged Australian heroin traffickers, who have become known as the "Bali Nine", and a major international drug syndicate being pursued by the world's narcotic agencies. Indonesia's drugs squad has confirmed that a 29-year-old Nepalese man was shot and killed by officers during a raid on his house north of Jakarta on Wednesday.

Posted in Drugs @ 29 April 2005 00:01 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Govt to seek death penalty for Australian Indonesian prosecutors say they are likely to push for the death penalty for a Queensland woman found with 4.1 kilograms of marijuana at Denpasar airport in Bali. They said the amount of marijuana found in Schapelle Leigh Corby's body board bag meant they would "probably" charge her with an offence carrying the death penalty. Ida Bagus Wiswantanu, of the Bali Prosecutor's Office, said after briefly examining the police allegations against Corby yesterday that it appeared there was a strong case to push for the maximum sentence.

Posted in Drugs @ 01 November 2004 00:03 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Nigerian drug smuggler sent to death row The Tangerang District Court handed down another death sentence on Wednesday; to a Nigerian citizen, Sylvester Obiekwe Nwolise, 39, who was convicted of smuggling 1.2 kilograms of heroin into the country from Pakistan in December. The court granted the prosecutors' call for the death penalty but did not fine him the requested Rp 50 million (EUR 4450).

Posted in Drugs @ 02 September 2004 00:01 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Indian national executed for drug smuggling An Indian national was executed by firing squad early on Thursday for smuggling heroin into Indonesia, despite opposition from international human rights groups, officials said. "We confirmed that the execution of (Chaubey) has been carried out," said on official at North Sumatra's prosecutor's office. The execution of Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey, 65, took place at about 2:30 a.m. at a secret location in North Sumatra province, 1,575 kilometres northwest of Jakarta.

Posted in Drugs @ 05 August 2004 00:04 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Police shoot dead three suspected drug traffickers South Jakarta Police shot dead three drug trafficker suspects on Monday as a part of efforts to stamp out drug abuse and trafficking. The shootings increased the death toll of suspected drug dealers to nine in the first month of an increased crack down, since being initiated on Oct. 16. "The suspects were allegedly members of an international drug trafficking network operating in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia," said South Jakarta Police detectives chief Comr. Kusdiantoro.

Posted in Drugs @ 18 November 2003 00:01 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Marijuana dealer shot dead, five kgs seized South Jakarta Police shot a suspected drug dealer dead on Thursday, close to Lenteng Agung railway station in South Jakarta. A police detective of South Jakarta Police Precinct said that Tarmizi, 27, had been arrested on Monday. "We wanted to use him as bait to catch another big drug dealer. But, it seemed that the drug dealer was aware of the trap and managed to flee the scene right after the transaction," he said.

Posted in Drugs @ 12 November 2003 00:03 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Two Nigerians sentenced to death, fines for drug trafficking The Tangerang District Court on Thursday sentenced to death two Nigerian nationals and fined them Rp 500 million (US$58,823) for violating Article 82 of Law No. 22/1997 on illegal narcotics and Article 55 of the Criminal Code on organized crime. Presiding judge Permadi said that defendants Michael Titus Igweh, 23, and Hillary K. Chimezia, 27, were found guilty of running an organized drug trafficking ring.

Posted in Drugs @ 24 October 2003 00:01 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Court: Death to ecstasy maker An Indonesia court on Monday sentenced a Dutch citizen to death for operating what police say was one of the biggest ecstasy factories in Southeast Asia. Judge M. Hatta Ali found Ang Kiem Soei, a Dutch citizen of Chinese descent, guilty of producing and selling illegal drugs.

Posted in Drugs @ 13 January 2003 00:01 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Briton faces death centence in Bali A Briton is facing a possible death sentence in Indonesia after being caught with more than 8,000 Ecstasy tablets. Steve Turner, 47, from London, was arrested after officers in Bali seized the island's biggest ever haul of the drug. Police chief Major General Budi Setyawan said the pills were sent to Bali by post from London, and he claimed Turner might be part of a larger South East Asian drug ring.

Posted in Drugs @ 03 January 2003 00:02 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Freedom for alleged smuggler The Federal Government's vow to bring alleged people smuggler Abu Quassey to justice is about to be tested after the man accused of sending more than 350 people to their deaths in a boat that sank off Java, was released from a Jakarta prison yesterday.

Posted in Drugs @ 01 January 2003 00:01 CET by Jeroen · permalink · 0 reactions


Police seize 5 kgs of shabu-shabu in raids Jakarta Police detectives have seized over 5 kilograms of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine) worth Rp 1.2 billion (US$126,000) and 12,000 ecstasy pills from six suspects in four separate raids conducted between Wednesday and Saturday. Chief of detectives High Comr. Harry Montolalu identified the suspects as Frederikus Doppo Ru alias Edy, 37; Ricky Santoso, 45; Edi Citra, 38; Teddy alias Asiong, 48; Yauw Chika April Haryanto alias Saikam alias Mami, 50; and Yohannes Andrian, 45.

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