Indonesian death row drug ring busted

Indonesian death row drug ring busted

Jakarta police have arrested 16 suspects and seized 8.2 kilos of crystal methamphetamine, 6,700 ecstasy pills, 2,300 ecstasy capsules and 1,100 "Happy Five" pills in a crackdown on a drug syndicate they claim was controlled by three foreign death row prisoners.

Lee Che Hen from Malaysia, Singaporean Tan Sualin and Nigerian Adame Wilson are suspected of running their illicit business from behind bars via mobile phones.

All three had previously been sentenced to death under Indonesia’s strict drug trafficking laws, according to the Jakarta Globe. 

“Three suspects are inmates in Cipinang Penitentiary [in Jakarta], two are in Nusa Kambangan Penitentiary [in Central Java] and 11 others are outside prisons,” Jakarta Police deputy chief Brig Gen Sudjarno said on Monday. 

“Don’t ask me how the cellphones entered their cells. Ask the prisons. As of now we haven’t found indication of prison [officers’] involvement.

“I hope their executions can be soon carried out because they have destroyed the lives of many young Indonesians with narcotics.”

Brig Gen Sudjarno added that police were still looking for three other suspects, including a Malaysian national believed to have imported the seized crystal methamphetamine from India. 

“We’re coordinating with the Malaysian police to arrest the narcotics kingpin hiding in [Malaysia],” Sudjarno said.


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