Benjy sentenced to 11 years jail in Indonesia for drug smuggling


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 18 Oct 2017

MEDAN: Actor Khaeryll Benjamin Ibrahim was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday for trying to smuggle crystal methamphetamine hidden in his rectum into the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

Khaeryll - better known as Benjy - was arrested with 4.5 grams of the narcotics in April at Kualanamu International Airport.

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