A Frenchman Arrested in Denpasar, Bali for Being A Drug Dealer

TRIBUN-BALI.COM, DENPASAR - Denpasar Police (drug department) arrest a drug dealer in Denpasar, bali. When most of tourist in Bali spending their time in experiencing the beauty, art, and culture of Bali, a Frenchman named Samuel Pierre Danguny (44) choose to be a drug dealer.

He stayed in Bali since November 2018 and now lives at a Villa at Jalan Danau Tandoro, South Denpasar, Bali. He is working as a consultant of landscape in Bali, but the visa he has is social culture visa. Samuel sells marijuana, shabu, hashish to people in Denpasar.

The head of Denpasar Police, Kombes Pol Ruddi Setiawan, stated Monday (18/3/2019) evening at lobby Denpasar Police office, that he and his team had been investigate this case for a week.

“Eventually after a week, we success to reveal this case, a Frenchman who is a drug dealer and lives in Denpasar. Our investigation based on the information that given by society. They said there is a foreigner who often doing a drug transaction in Jalan Danau Tandoro, South Denpasar,” he said. Denpasar Police success to arrest him on Friday, (15/3) at 06.30 PM.

Once the police did investigation, they found out the information given by the society was correct. They saw Samuel at Jalan Danau Tandoro, South Denpasar. But at that moment, police could not find the evidence. Then they moved to a place where Samuel stay.

“There is no resistance from him when we catch him. When we arrived at his villa, we found in his room 6 32.89 gram-package of marijuana, 2 15,83 gram-package of hashish, and 1 0,52 gram-package shabu,” he explained.

Samuel told the police that he got those drug from Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB). “We also found plastic clip and measurement to sell that drug. Now we are doing deeper investigation. He did the transaction on the boat,” said Kombes Pol Ruddi Setiawan.

“He buy that drug 8.700.000 IDR, going to Gili Air Lombok from Padang Bai,” he added. Samuel is not only being a drug dealer, but he is also a drug user. He told police he consumed it as a pain killer after having an operation on his leg on July 2018.

He subject to punishment according to article 111 and 112 about drug, be in prison for 12 years as the maximum, and get fine 800 million IDR to 8 billion IDR.(*)