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US citizen gets life sentence for smuggling 97 kg of drugs
Semarang District Court on Wednesday sentenced United States citizen Philip Russell, aka Kamran Muzaffar Malik, to life imprisonment for his involvement in smuggling 97 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from Guangzhou, China.
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Police detain two now convicted drug smugglers, Didi Triono (in blue shirt) and Muhammad Riaz (in red shirt), who were among eight suspects labeled as the 'Pakistani group' in Jepara, Central Java after a Jan. 27 raid. Riaz has been sentenced to death and Didi got 15 years in prison. (JP/Suherdjoko)
Semarang District Court on Wednesday sentenced United States citizen Philip Russell, aka Kamran Muzaffar Malik, to life imprisonment for his involvement in smuggling 97 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine (locally known as sabu-sabu) from Guangzhou, China.
“The incriminating factor is that the sabu-sabu could destroy the young generation,” presiding judge Nur Ali said.
Russell, through his lawyer Freddy, said he decided to appeal the verdict.
Nur Ali said Russell was found guilty for his involvement in smuggling the drug into Indonesia via Tanjung Emas harbor of Semarang in December last year.
The defendant who had been working at a money transfer service company in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, since 2014, helped finance the importation of electrical generators from China,
During a raid on a furniture workshop in Jepara, Central Java, in January last year, National Narcotics Agency officers found the drugs hidden inside the generators.
The officers then investigated further and afterwards arrested Russell and others.
(Read also:Pakistani drug smuggler gets death)
Earlier, the court sentenced one of Russell’s accomplices, Muhammad Riaz, a Pakistani who was believed to be the leader of the drug smuggling network, to death.
The court also sentenced Faiq Akhtar, Citra Kurniawan and Tommy Agung Pratomo each to life imprisonment, while Restiyadi Sayoko and Didi Triono got 20 years and 15 years in prison respectively in the same case. (jun)
