20-year-oldbustedforsellingsyntheticweed,faces20yearsinprison
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ABalinesemanislookingat imprisonmentequaltohis lifetimeforallegedlytrafficking syntheticweedinBali. Thesuspect,a20-year-oldwho goesbytheinitialsNDA,was caughtafterpickingupa packagecontaining14.35grams ofthedrug. PublicprosecutorNyomanTri Suryabuana said thatNDA raisedsuspicionswhenleaving thepostoffice,whichledtohis arrest. “Thiscasehasnotbeentried.
Wedidnotfileanexceptionto theprosecutor’sactions.The trialwillcommencenextweek,” thedefendant’slawyer,Gusti AgungPramiParamita, explainedyesterday. AmemberofBali’sNarcotics Agency(BNNP)foundthatNDA boughthissyntheticweedfroma supplierviaInstagram. “Thedefendantorderedthrough InstagramandpaidIDR950.000 (US$64)bytransfer,” Suryabuanaexplained. Theshippingreceiptcontained thenameAruf,fromMakassar, SouthSulawesi.NDAalsotried tomisleadofficials,andhadhis packagessenttohispseudonym GedeEraKusuma. NDAconducteddiscrete transactionswhenhesoldthe weedinBali.Policesaidhe woulddropoffthegoodsinone location,wherethebuyer, whetherfriendsorstrangers, wouldpickitup.Paymentwas mostlythroughcash,though somerecordsshowedonline transfers. UnderIndonesia’sNarcotics Law,NDAmayfaceupto20 yearsinprisonforsellingdrugs. Despiteseverepunishmentsfor drugtraffickersinIndonesia, casesinvolvingmarijuanaare commoninthecountry,including Bali.Lately,a Brazilianstudent wasapprehendedforbringing marijuanafromThailand,and police arrestedbakerswholaced theircookieswithcannabis (Coconuts.co)
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