An alleged narcotics kingpin and two other Bali drug lords operating under him in the same network have been threatened with the death penalty.
Suspected drug boss Putu Leon, 44, along with Cahyadi alias Boy, 38, and I Made Astawa alias Krecek, 39, have been hit with charges carrying life imprisonment and the death penalty.
The suspects and evidence were submitted to the district attorney’s office on Tuesday. Evidence, found after a thorough police investigation, reportedly consists of hundreds of millions of rupiah, Australian and American dollars, luxury cars and motorcycles, as well as mobile phones.
Meanwhile, drug evidence found from Cahyadi included as much as 58 ecstasy pills and183 packages of crystal meth, Head District Attorney Erna Normawati Widodo Putri told Tribun Bali.
The three suspects, labeled as big time drug dealers by police—supposedly some of the biggest in Bali—were arrested during a dramatic raid back in March 2016 on Jl. Dewi Sri (see video footage from Indonesian report above).
Leon, originally from Karangasem, was the big boss and financier, while Cahyadi and Astawa would deal in places like nightclubs in Bali, reports say.
