Indonesian authorities have been hunting accused drug trafficker Gregor Johann Haas since December last year. They arrested him on Wednesday with help from Philippine police.
The father of Australian rugby league player Payne Haas has been arrested in the Philippines and is accused of running enough drugs in Indonesia to qualify for the death penalty.Indonesian authorities said they had been hunting the 46-year-old since last December after police discovered five kilograms of crystal methamphetamine at an undisclosed location.
“We suspect him to have networks all over Asia, and we also suspect he has networks in Australia,” National Narcotics Agency spokesman Sulistyo Pudjo Hartono said.Indonesia takes a dim view on illicit drugs and maintains a death penalty for those convicted of significant infringements like those alleged against Haas.
Payne Haas’ NRL club, the Brisbane Broncos, declined to comment. There is no suggestion anyone else in the family is involved in the allegations against Gregor Haas.But it was unclear how an extradition would proceed from here, if at all. At least one senior figure from the Indonesian National Police believed Australia’s “approval” was necessary.
Complicating matters, he said the Philippines was a signatory to an international agreement that prohibited extraditions if they were to lead to an execution.One possible option was for the Philippines to send Haas to Indonesia under an agreement that he would not be sentenced to death if convicted.
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