Thirty Eight Iranian Smugglers Face Death Penalty

Tempo Interactive, Monday, 28 December, 2009 | 20:11 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: A total of thirty eight Iranians rounded during 2009 for smuggling drugs are facing death sentence the National Narcotics Agency said on Monday (28/12). During a publication of the latest catch made last week at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport, a spokesman for the agency said the Iranians were those caught at Soekarno-Hatta (Jakarta), Djuanda (Surabaya), Ngurah Rai (Bali).

Sumirat Dwiyanto head of the Public Communication Division of the Tactical Unit said the Iranians were death penalty threat for carrying more than five grams of category-one drug, based on the newly introduced Law No.35 of 2009 in mid October. Methampethamine is a category-one drug according to the law with possible sentence of life imprisonment, death penalty and up to Rp10 billion fine.

Police did not specified the total amount of illegal drugs seized from all the catches this year.

JONIANSYAH