Gregor Haas has been in a Manila prison since May after police alleged he was connected to the infamous Sinaloa drug cartel and had tried to import drugs into Indonesia.
The father of NRL star Payne Haas will be spared the death penalty if he is extradited to Indonesia and convicted there of serious drug charges.for his alleged involvement in an attempt to smuggle about five kilograms of methamphetamine into Indonesia.Police in Indonesia alleged the 47-year-old was connected to the infamous Sinaloa drug cartel and had tried to import the drugs into Jakarta inside a shipment of ceramic tiles sent from the Mexican city of Guadalajara.
Marthinus Hukom, the head of Indonesia’s narcotics agency, said on Wednesday that senior government officials had promised Australian counterparts that they would take the death penalty off the table if Haas was sent to Indonesia. The decision has been spoken about in private for some time, but this is the first time a senior official has gone on the record. Haas still faces a lengthy sentence if found guilty in Indonesia.
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