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Rp 39b seized from drug kingpin Freddy Budiman’s network: BNN
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Tight security – Dozens of security personnel secure the second case review appeal trial of Freddy Budiman (center), a drug trafficker sentenced to death, at the Cilacap District Court in Cilacap, Central Java, last year. (thejakartapost.com/Agus Maryono)
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he National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has confiscated assets and Rp 39 billion (US$2.93 million) in illicit funds from the alleged laundering of drug money belonging to four suspects believed to be connected to deceased drug lord Freddy Budiman.
“One of the suspects is a drug inmate at Cipinang penitentiary. He has access to special facilities, such as an office-like cell, equipped with TV and CCTV,” said BNN drug control head Insp.Gen. Arman Depari said as quoted by Antara in Jakarta on Tuesday.
At the prison, the suspect employed two people, one of whom was An Cal, a British citizen, who assigned to manage funds from the business, he further said.
“To shut down a drug network, BNN will not only arrest drug suspects but also track down the results of their crimes, such as money laundering,” Arman said.
Freddy was one of four death-row convicts executed at Nusakambangan prison island in Cilacap, Central Java, last year.
Arrested in 2009, Freddy was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for possessing 500 grams of crystal methamphetamine, locally known as sabu-sabu.
He was arrested again in 2011for possessing hundreds of grams of crystal meth and raw materials for manufacturing ecstasy pills.
The West Jakarta District Court declared Freddy guilty in a hearing in May 2012 of importing 1.4 million ecstasy pills from China.
He was sentenced to 18 years for a drug trafficking case in Sumatra and served his sentence at Cipinang penitentiary.
On July 29, 2016, Freddy was executed by firing squad, along with three other drug convicts, Seck Osmane, Michael Titus and Humphrey Jefferson, all Nigerians. (ebf)
