Jakarta (Antara Bali) -- The National Anti-Narcotics Agency (BNN) has arrested Erick and David, who are stooges of narcotics ring leader Sylvester Obiekwe alias Mustofa, a Nigerian citizen.
In a press statement received by Antara here on Monday, the BNN said that its officers arrested Erick in Cempaka Wangi in Central Jakarta on January 30, and David, who is Erick's man, in Kemayoran, also in Central Jakarta, the same day.
The lawbreakers told officers that they were lured with some Rp5 million to commit drug-related crimes on Mustofa's orders. Sylvester Obiekwe alias Mustofa has been found committing narcotics crimes four times, so far.
In 2003, he was arrested by the Narcotics Directorate of the National Police Headquarters for smuggling 1.2 kilograms of heroin into Indonesia, and was later sentenced to death by the district court in Tangerang, Banten.
In 2012, Mustofa was caught by the BNN for leading two people, Iman and Devi, to smuggle 2.4 kilograms of methamphetamine from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia.
Furthermore, in August 2014, he was caught again for arranging the distribution of 6.5 kilograms of methamphetamine through Alex and Nico. In January 2015, he was found responsible for the activities of courier Dewi, from whom the BNN had confiscated a total of 7.6 kilograms of methamphetamine as evidence. (WDY)
BNN Arrests Drug Ring Leader Mustofa's Accomplices
Pewarta : Reporting by Anita Permata Dewi 10 Februari 2015 09:10 WIB
