drug possession charges

The Philippines President Duterte is not backing down on his war on drugs, and after criticism from human rights groups, Duterte warns that he might just order the police to shoot them so they will understand what human rights violation means.

                    

The president makes the remark at the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) members' conference, and the members of the audience applauded his remarks. Duterte said "Sabihin mo, 'Pulis, barilin mo na 'yang kasali diyan' (Tell them, 'Police, shoot those who are part of it'), he added "Para makita talaga kung anong klaseng human right (So they can really see the kinds of human rights),"

Duterte said on Wednesday August 16 that if their groups are obstructing justice, they should be shot and killed too. He said the human rights groups are always ready to condemn his actions, but will not condemn actions of the criminals committing the heinous crimes.

                            

Duterte then talked about the killing and raping of a 1-year old, he then asked "Where was the human rights? they never condemned the actions, but when it comes to getting these criminals, they are quick to scream "human rights violations,"

Duterte later went on to insult Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chairperson Chito Gascon, who in the past had been critical of Duterte war on drugs and threats to kill. Duterte called him "ulol na mestizo" (fair-skinned fool).

Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is tasked on checking human right abuses by state forces.

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The South Korean authorities have detained two US soldiers stationed in the country and were caught with methamphetamine, worth $12M. South Korean prosecutors allege that the soldiers smuggled into the country a nine-pounds worth of the drugs using the APO (Army's postal services) from California.

               

                                           Cereal boxes used to hide the drugs

Just like Denzel Washington American Gangster movie, the soldiers were said to have collaborated with some South Koreans to bring in the drugs into the country, and two other South Koreans have been detained.

According to US Star and stripes;

One of the troops involved with the case has been indicted but not detained, while the other soldier has been imprisoned, South Korean attorneys said. Both are 19 years old and were part of the 2nd Infantry Division. They have denied the accusations that they violated the Narcotics Control Act. 

One of the soldiers have been jailed for violating the narcotic control act, while the other was indicted on the same charge without detention. He had only distributed the package that was innocently hidden in the  boxes of Reese’s Puffs and Honey Snacks. 

South Korean customs officials at Incheon International Airport found the drugs in December during an X-ray scan, after they were found hidden in the cereal boxes sent to the soldiers as care packages.

In a telephone interview,  senior prosecutor Kang Susanna said;

It’s the largest amount of drugs found coming through the APO.

The soldiers that were not detained was said to have received the "care package" at his APO address, and given them to other soldiers who then would hand it over to a civilian off post.

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Cambodia: Police in Cambodia have arrested five foreigners in a drug bust in Sihanoukville. The police found in their possession lots of MDMA pills and machine for pressing pills. 

                      

The people arrested in the drug bust are;

Mikhail Grafman, 52 year old male from Forest Hills, New York, USA

Hannah Sirkiä, 28 year old female from Vantaa, Finland

Lenka Vlková, 26 year old female from Czech Republic

Mukhametianova Elmira, 30 year old female from Russia

Melnyk Volodymyr, 28 year old from Ukraine

     

The foreigners might be put behind bar for 20 years, as Cambodia carries strict drug policies.

           

See video of the arrest:

   

  One of the suspsects talk to police, see video:

   

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Indonesia: A Nigerian living in Indonesia, Arinze Eneh, 38 years old, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison sentence and a fine of IDR1.2Billion ($90,000) for facilitating the distribution of narcotic drugs.

                       

According to the chief judge of West Jakarta district court, Bambang Mursito;

Arinze was proven to have conspired to commit an evil act by becoming a facilitator in the distribution of Category I narcotic drug. In view of that, the panel of judges that had considered all the facts disclosed during the sessions, sentenced the 38-year-old to 20 years in jail and imposed a fine of Rp1.2 billion. If he fails to pay the fine, he will have to serve six months more in jail.

The prosecutor of the case had asked for a death sentence, and upon hearing the verdict, state prosecutor said he is yet to decide whether he would consider to appeal the case or not. Arinze Eneh lawyer said he is satisfied with the outcome of the court case, but he is yet to decide whether he will appeal the verdict or not.

The Narcotics Distribution Gang

Arinze, also known as Zona, was contacted by a friend named John (currently at large) to pick-up  narcotic drugs coming from China and to be distributed in Indonesia. Arinze now called up his 2 other friends in Indonesia, Tuti Sudartika alias Dede Rosa and Rojali Pajar Saputra (both are tried under different cases) to help carry out the job. 

                           

The drug weighing 6.3 kilograms was smuggled in a thermos flask, through Covenant Logistic expedition in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, and was kept inside a kiosk in Cibinong, Bogor, West Java.

The pair was caught and currently charged with illegal drug possession.

The whole crew was charged with the violation of Law Number 35 of 2009 on narcotics for an attempt to smuggle and distribute drugs, and all deserved a death sentence.

 

 

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Uzoma Elele Alpha, a Nigerian national living in Indonesia has been sentenced to life imprisonment for drug possession. The Indonesian police found methamphetamine and marijuana worth $451,400 in his apartment at the Margonda Residence tower in Depok when immigration authorities raided his apartment last December.

          

Police have asked Alpha his travel documents, but he couldn't present the documents,and was immediately arrested and tested for drug test, and he was positive for Marijuana. So the police not stopping at that decided to raid the man's home, and they found 300 grams of marijuana.

The prosecutors wanted life sentence for Alpha, but he was lucky to only have life imprisonment.

Indonesian authorities had killed 8 foreign nationals in March, and a Nigerian and Ghanaian was among the executed. The country policies on drug is a death sentence, and Alpha might just have to thank his stars.

 

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