Judge Sentences 13 Years Member Of Malaysia-Bali Drug Syndicate

ILLUSTRATION/PIXABAY

DENPASAR - Member of a Malaysian narcotics syndicate network to Bali, Hendra Kurniawan alias Said bin H Maskur was sentenced to 13 years in prison during a trial at the Denpasar District Court (PN).

"To try, to sentence the defendant above to a prison sentence of 13 years and a fine of Rp. 1 billion, provided that if the fine is not paid, it is replaced with imprisonment for three months," said the panel of judges led by I Putu Suyoga, at the Denpasar District Court, Bali, quoted by Antara, Thursday, June 3.

He said the defendant Hendra Kurniawan alias Said bin H Maskur had been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing the crime of conspiracy to commit a crime of narcotics, without rights or against the law in accepting Category I narcotics in non-plant form.

In addition to the defendants, other syndicates received the same verdict, Febri Haryadi alias Bagong, Imam Buhari, Hambali bin Achmad, Lasmanah alias Nana, each in separate files, namely for 13 years, a fine of Rp. 1 billion and a subsidiary of 3 months in prison.

This Malaysia-Bali network narcotics syndicate is all charged with Article 114 paragraph (2) of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics in conjunction with Article 132 paragraph (1) of RI Law no. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics in the public prosecutor's primary indictment.

Previously on August 19, 2019, the defendant met with Hambali bin Achmad and Febri Hariyadi alias Bagong in room 4 of the Karangasem Prison, Bali. At that time, Hambali bin Achmad explained to the defendant that currently he had collaborated with Lasmanah alias Nana in the delivery of shabu-shabu from Malaysia to Bali.

Furthermore, the defendant was asked to find the address for the delivery of the package containing the methamphetamine.

At the same time, the defendant received the destination address for the methamphetamine package in the Padangsambian Kaja area, West Denpasar. Then, Lasmanah alias Nana told the defendant that the address had been sent to Brother (DPO), then waited for the methamphetamine to arrive from Malaysia.

Using a gadget, Imam Buhari asked his friend Thio Firmansyah to pick up a package of methamphetamine according to the address requested and the package via Fedex.

On August 26, 2019 on Jalan Kebo Iwa Selatan, Padangsambian Kaja, West Denpasar, Aldo Putra Kurniawan received a package of methamphetamine from Fedex, but when they were about to be handed over to the accused, the Directorate of Drugs and Crime of the Police arrested them. The search results obtained evidence in the form of a plastic clip containing white crystals of narcotics of the type methamphetamine with a gross weight of 177 grams.