The Smuggler Of 402 Kg Of Methamphetamine From The Middle East Is Sentenced To Death Penalty

SUKABUMI - The Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Sukabumi District Attorney, West Java, has demanded the death penalty for the defendant Samsul Bahri alias Bopak. Bopak was involved in an attempted case of smuggling hundreds of kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from abroad by sea.

The trial for the 402 kilogram smuggling case from the Middle East was held online. Prosecutors ask judges to grant death sentence demands against Bopak

"The article charged to defendant Bopak is Article 114 paragraph 2 Article 32 paragraph 1 of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics", said Head of the General Crimes Section of the Sukabumi Kejari, Dista Anggara, as quoted by Antara, Tuesday, June 22.

According to the prosecutor, Bopak played a role in efforts to smuggle methamphetamine from abroad to Indonesia through the southern sea waters of Sukabumi Regency, precisely on Palabuhanratu Beach.

The defendant also picked up and transferred 20 sacks of methamphetamine to his motorboat and brought them to land. In addition, Bopak played a role in the success of methamphetamine smuggling, such as providing fuel for motorboats and transferring hundreds of kilograms of crystal methamphetamine to cars that had been provided in the Palabuhanratu Pier area.

Therefore, the prosecutor considered that the defendant's role was quite important because he managed to smuggle methamphetamine from abroad whose transactions were in the middle of the Indian Ocean and brought to Palabuhanratu. Even with his partner, the defendant set aside 20 kg of crystal methamphetamine for them.

"Samsul Bahri's role is to provide fuel and participate in unloading methamphetamine, even from the testimony and examination of witnesses, the defendant knows the work given by other actors because there was a conversation between Bopak and the witness (Nandar Hidayat) to collect meth from the international network", said he.

Dista hopes that the panel of judges can grant this demand by stipulating the defendant with the death penalty because the defendant did it consciously and knew that the goods to be taken were narcotics.

In addition, he said, what Bopak did could damage millions of the nation's next-generation and cause death if the illicit goods were to circulate in the community. Fortunately, the police thwarted the smuggling of methamphetamine from abroad.