‘Drugs smugglers’ confronted with the death penalty after ‘trying to be cola’
Two drug smugglers are now confronted with the death penalty in Bali after they have reportedly tried to smuggle more than two pounds of cocaine for a cartel, Radaronline.com can reveal.
British men Kial Robinson, 29, and Piran Ezra Wilkinson, 48, would have been caught with 2.8 pounds of cocaine.
The couple was caught after Robinson, a landscape gardier, was held on 3 September on Ngurah Rai International Airport when Röntgenscans found drugs in his backpack. It is assumed that he jumped from Barcelona to Bali on a Turkish airlines and the authorities told that he received around $ 4,900 to deliver the illegal drugs to a contact on the Indonesian island.
This led the police to start an angel operation and ultimately arrest the contact, real estate manager Wilkinson, in a villa only a day later. The suspects, who holds the Narcotic Office of Bali, appeared in Orange Jumpsuits for the media.
According to police commissioner Tri Kuncoro, the alleged smugglers were offered money by a man named Santos to smuggle the goods to Bali.
“The promised value was $ 5,000 USD,” Kuncoro explained. “The British men told the researchers that they had met about a week earlier in Barcelona, Spain, after they had been introduced by Santos, who is now on the desired list.
“Both actually live in Thailand. They went to Barcelona to collect the drugs, then Piran traveled ahead to Bali while Kial transported the cocaine to Bali.”
He added: “The brain is this man named Santos. In fact, all three had met in Thailand. Santos is currently outside of Bali.”
In the meantime, Brigadier General Rudy Ahmat Sudrajat, head of the Bali Provincial Narcotics Agency, speculated that there was a “strong opportunity” that the suspects worked for an international drug cartel.
“Whether they are part of an international cartel – very likely, yes,” said Sudrajat. “Especially because they met in Barcelona and also live in Thailand.”
The leader continued: “For this cartel, intelligence suggests that they are trying to bring drugs in Bali, but that is according to orders, so they are not intended to permanently drop the goods here.
“From here, the medicines may be intended for distribution elsewhere. We are currently working on gathering evidence to prove whether they are really part of an international network.”
Sudrajat concluded: “But our suspicion is that they are indeed linked to an international cartel.”
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the allegations and noted: “We were informed of two British nationals who have been held in Bali. We remain consular support for both and have contact with the local authorities.”
While Wilkinson and Robinson are confronted with the death penalty, there can be some hope for them, because in July three British were also caught smuggling drugs to Bali; Despite the trio of death, they were sentenced to just a year behind bars.
The three were caught with 17 cocaine packages.
