Palembang on Sumatra Island in Indonesia. Photo: iStock

A total of nine people were given the death penalty in Indonesia after they were found guilty of transporting a large consignment of crystal methamphetamine about a year ago.

The nine men, all from Surabaya in East Java, were caught moving the drugs from Palembang in southern Sumatra to Java from March to April last year, The Jakarta Post reported. They reportedly used a truck loaded with cassava as cover for the drugs.

Police initially caught three suspects who had dropped 3.5 kilograms of crystal meth at an airport in Palembang. Those arrests led to the five more suspects being nabbed at a hotel in Surabaya. Some 4,950 ecstasy pills and 5.8 kilograms of meth were also found in the hotel.

Members of the gang were blamed for trafficking a total of 80kg of crystal meth or ‘ice’.

A man called Letto, 25, was named as leader of the gang. The other eight were said to be in their 20s.

Presiding Judge Efrata Tarigan said the defendants had damaged young people while the government was waging a war on narcotic drugs. Prosecutors reportedly sought a life sentence for the accused before the Palembang District Court gave them all the death penalty.

Arif Rahman, the lawyer defending the nine, said the verdict would be appealed, saying the defendants were “victims” of a larger drug syndicate.

Join the Conversation

1770 Comments

  1. Can I simply say what a reduction to seek out somebody who actually is aware of what theyre talking about on the internet. You undoubtedly know how to bring a difficulty to gentle and make it important. Extra people must read this and perceive this aspect of the story. I cant believe youre no more well-liked since you undoubtedly have the gift.

  2. Thank you for any other informative site. Where else may just I am getting that type of information written in such an ideal means? I’ve a venture that I am simply now working on, and I’ve been on the look out for such information.

  3. Attractive component of content. I simply stumbled upon your web site and in accession capital to assert that I acquire in fact enjoyed account your blog posts. Any way I will be subscribing for your feeds or even I fulfillment you access persistently fast.

  4. Hello there I am so glad I found your web site, I really found you by error, while I was researching on Google for something else, Nonetheless I am here now and would just like to say thanks for a tremendous post and a all round thrilling blog (I also love the theme/design), I don’t have time to go through it all at the minute but I have bookmarked it and also added your RSS feeds, so when I have time I will be back to read more, Please do keep up the superb b.|

  5. I absolutely love your blog.. Great colors & theme. Did you create this web site yourself? Please reply back as I’m attempting to create my very own site and want to know where you got this from or just what the theme is called. Appreciate it!|

  6. Hi. I have checked your desiresolutions.tech and i see you’ve got
    some duplicate content so probably it is the reason that you don’t rank high in google.
    But you can fix this issue fast. There is a tool that generates articles
    like human, just search in google: miftolo’s tools

  7. Simply wish to say your article is as amazing. The clearness in your submit is simply cool and i could think you are knowledgeable in this subject. Fine along with your permission let me to grasp your feed to keep up to date with drawing close post. Thanks one million and please continue the rewarding work.|

  8. I think that everything published was very reasonable. However, think about this, suppose you typed a catchier title? I mean, I don’t wish to tell you how to run your blog, but what if you added a title to maybe grab a person’s attention? I mean BLOG_TITLE is a little plain. You could glance at Yahoo’s front page and watch how they create post titles to grab people interested. You might add a related video or a picture or two to get people excited about everything’ve got to say. Just my opinion, it might make your posts a little bit more interesting.|

  9. It is the best time to make some plans for the future and it is time to be happy. I have read this post and if I could I want to suggest you some interesting things or suggestions. Perhaps you could write next articles referring to this article. I want to read more things about it!|

  10. I love what you guys are up too. This type of clever work and exposure! Keep up the great works guys I’ve added you guys to blogroll.|

  11. I was just seeking this information for some time. After 6 hours of continuous Googleing, at last I got it in your website. I wonder what’s the lack of Google strategy that do not rank this type of informative websites in top of the list. Generally the top websites are full of garbage.

  12. excellent post, very informative. I wonder why the other experts of this sector do not notice this. You must continue your writing. I’m sure, you’ve a great readers’ base already!

  13. I do not even know how I ended up here, but I thought this post was good. I do not know who you are but definitely you are going to a famous blogger if you are not already 😉 Cheers!