Thread: English teacher attempts to smuggle $1 Million of drugs into Bali.... for $700 !

E. Java Teacher Caught Smuggling Drugs May Face Execution
Made Arya Kencana | February 07, 2012

A 39-year-old female teacher from Malang, East Java, could face the death penalty after she was indicted on Monday at the Denpasar District Court in Bali for smuggling 3.8 kilograms of methamphetamine.

Theresia Avilla Yanti Siwi was arrested on Oct. 11 as she disembarked at Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport from a Qatar Airways flight from Kenya. Authorities found a hidden compartment inside the English teacher’s luggage and found the drug, estimated to have a street value of Rp 9.3 billion ($1 million).

“This is very concerning, a teacher smuggling drugs into the country in such a huge quantity,” prosecutor Ketut Sukada told the court in the indictment.

The prosecution charged Theresia with smuggling under the tough 2009 Narcotics Law, arguing that the meth originated from Mozambique, making her a part of an international syndicate.

Theresia, the prosecution said, was promised $700 for smuggling the drug into the country and a police investigation later led to the arrest of Erika Dewi Widya Yanti, who recruited the teacher.

Police also arrested Nurhadi Imron, who reportedly ran the meth distribution scheme in Indonesia. Nurhadi, police alleged, also controls drug operations in Indonesian prisons, including Bali’s Kerobokan and Jakarta’s Pondok Bambu penitentiaries.

Erika and Nurhadi were scheduled to be brought to trial at the same court next week.

E. Java Teacher Caught Smuggling Drugs May Face Execution | The Jakarta Globe