Six held as BNN seizes 240 kg of marijuana in Kramat Jati cylinders
Indonesia's anti-narcotics agency seized 240 kg of marijuana hidden in compressor and nitrogen cylinders in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta on 8 August 2019, arresting six alleged couriers. The BNN said the Aceh-supplied cannabis was run from a rented storehouse and the couriers face possible death sentences.
Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency (BNN) arrested six alleged couriers and seized240 kg of marijuana hidden inside compressor cylinders and nitrogen cylinders in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta.[1][2]Officers trailed the suspects through Thursday 8 August 2019 and arrested four that afternoon at a rented house used as a storehouse behind the state elementary school SDN Kramat Jati 02 Pagi, catching the other two alleged couriers later.[1][2]The BNN confiscated the marijuana together with the cylinders and a toolbox kept in the house.[1][2]
From Aceh, a prison link
The marijuana had been brought from Aceh and was to be distributed in Jakarta and West Jakarta.[1][2]BNN eradication deputy head Insp. Gen. Arman Depari said the six faced possible death sentences for possessing and transporting a large amount, and that investigators would establish whether they were fully involved in a distribution syndicate or only helping it.[1][2]The agency said it believed the distribution from Aceh was controlled by inmates of the Cirebon Class I Penitentiary in West Java, and that the storehouse belonged to a former drug convict who had served a four-year sentence.[1][2]
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