DENPASAR - The Narcotics Investigation Unit of the Denpasar City Police has seized 1,419.79 grams or 1.4 kilograms of cocaine-type narcotics from a foreign citizen of British origin with the initials BJ (53).
Denpasar Police Chief Kombes Leonardo David Simatupang said the perpetrator was arrested by the police on Saturday (14/2) while staying at a hotel in Legian, Kuta, Badung.
"The person concerned is a British citizen, born and living in Hong Kong. He admitted that he had just come to Bali, since the end of December and only for tourism. He uses a tourist passport," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, February 25.
During the search, officers found four packages containing cocaine wrapped in a bag stored in a suitcase.
From the results of the investigation, the perpetrator admitted that he received the package from someone in exchange for a wage of Rp. 1 billion.
The Denpasar Police Chief said that his party was still investigating the parties involved in the distribution of the goods.
"He admitted that he took the goods from someone and was taken at a villa and there was no special target that was circulated, because later it would be taken by another party. We are still deepening, but the temporary suspicion of this case involves an international network," he said.
He explained that if it was depreciated, the value of the evidence was estimated at more than Rp5 billion to almost Rp6 billion.
For his actions, the perpetrator was charged with Article 114 paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 118 paragraph 2 threatened with the death penalty.
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