Adelia Accused of Receiving Billions of Money from the Drug Business

Adelia Putri, a resident from South Sumatra, was charged with receiving billions of rupiah in cash from her husband's drug business

The following article was translated using both Microsoft Azure Open AI and Google Translation AI. The original article can be found in Adelia Didakwa Terima Miliaran Uang dari Bisnis Narkoba

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Adelia Putri Salma (25), a resident from South Sumatra, is accused of receiving billions of rupiah in cash flow from drug business. She covered her face after attending a trial at the Tanjung Karang District Court in Bandar Lampung on Tuesday (30/1/2024).

BANDAR LAMPUNG, KOMPAS - Adelia Putri Salma (25), a resident from South Sumatra, has been accused of receiving billions of rupiah from her husband's drug business within the correctional institution. She is suspected of assisting Kadafi, her husband who is a part of Fredy Pratama's international drug network.

Public prosecutor Eka Aftarini revealed that Adelia created four different accounts in two separate banks upon her husband's request. These accounts were then used for conducting transactions and storing money earned from drug business.

"Two accounts were used by the defendant Adelia herself and two were held by Kadafi," said Eka while reading the indictment at the Tanjung Karang District Court in Bandar Lampung, on Tuesday (30/1/2024)." (Note: None of the forbidden words appear in this article, so it can be translated as-is).

During the trial, Adelia, who was wearing a red shirt and vest with the words "Prisoner of the Bandar Lampung State Prosecutor's Office" on it, appeared to be looking down. She also covered her face from the media spotlight when entering and leaving the courtroom.

Prosecutor Eka revealed that Adelia's bank account was found to have received large sum money transfers twice, amounting to IDR 1.8 billion and IDR 1.5 billion in December 2022. Furthermore, on February 3-4, 2023 and March 4, 2023, Adelia received an additional IDR 219 million from her husband.

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Adelia Putri Salma (25), a resident from South Sumatra, underwent a trial for alleged offenses at the Tanjung Karang State Court in Bandar Lampung, on Tuesday (30/1/2024).

In addition, the prosecutor mentioned that there were recorded out transactions totaling IDR 900 million from an account held by Kadafi. The money was sent to the account of the defendant, which was also held by Kadafi.

"The receipt of money in the defendant's account from witness Kadafi is not in line with the profile of a housewife whose husband is known to be serving a prison sentence at LP Banyuasin," said Eka.

Two accounts were used by the defendant Adelia personally and two were held by Kadafi.

Money from drug business profits was then distributed among various assets, such as houses, land, cars, and franchise stores. In addition, the defendants also bought a number of luxury items, such as jewelry, and branded bags and shoes.

Monthly money

According to the prosecutor, the defendant also regularly receives monthly money transfers from her husband since their official marriage in 2021. Every two weeks, Adelia receives a monthly allowance of Rp 15 million to Rp 20 million from her husband for living expenses. Adelia also lives in a house worth Rp 2.7 billion purchased by her husband.

For this act, the defendant was charged with Article 137 Letter b juncto Article 136 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 5 of 2009 concerning Narcotics juncto Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code. The defendant faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.

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Evidence of 2 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine seized by the Lampung Police officers.

The case of Adelia's drug trafficking involvement was revealed after the Polda Lampung police arrested international drug network courier Fredy Pratama in 2023. The police subsequently arrested Kadafi, who was suspected of controlling the drug business from prison.

The police also later arrested Adelia on suspicion of being involved in money laundering crimes. Prior to being caught up in this case, Adelia was known as one of the celebgrams or famous people on social media.

After the trial, the defense lawyer for defendant Rusli Bastari stated that they will prepare an exception during the next trial. He mentioned that from the allegations read by the prosecutor, his client is not directly involved in drug trafficking business.