Jakarta – Bareskrim Polri thwarted an attempt to distribute 428 kg of crystal methamphetamine and 162,932 ecstasy pills from Malaysia and the Netherlands. There are 13 suspects who were secured from this disclosure.
Kabareskrim Polri, Komjen Pol Agus Andrianto, in his statement, said that this case was revealed in an operation that was held for a month.
“Evidence that could be confiscated from all these activities came from three locations. As previously stated, there were 428 kilograms of methamphetamine and 162,932 ecstasy pills,” said Komjen Pol Agus at a press conference at the National Police Headquarters, South Jakarta, Friday (30/6) .
Meanwhile, on the same occasion, the Dirtipidnarkoba Bareskrim Polri Brigadier General Pol Mukti Juharsa explained, the beginning of the disclosure of the attempt to smuggle methamphetamine from an international network from Malaysia to Aceh. Evidence is known to be stored in the forest in North Aceh.
A search was carried out and it was discovered that the methamphetamine was controlled by the suspect S (24). He admitted that the methamphetamine was stored by the suspect H (29) in the forest.
“This information was also obtained from colleagues who were looking for it. In the end, right in North Aceh, we secured two suspects (S and H bin MT) and 348 methamphetamine packages, the total weight of which was 348 kg,” said Mukti.
The modus operandi, continued Mukti, was to import narcotics from Malaysia by sea.
After that, he continued, based on the disclosure his party returned to development. From the development, finally the police were able to dismantle the smuggling of methamphetamine and ecstasy from the Malaysia-Riau network by sea.
A suspect with the initials H (53) was arrested in a car in the Dumai City area, Riau after investigators conducted a search.
“The suspect was arrested on behalf of H with evidence of 80 kg of methamphetamine and 22,932 ecstasy pills,” said Mukti.
After that, Mukti continued, his party again found ecstasy smuggling from the Netherlands bound for Bali. Initially, investigators secured 4 suspects with the initials TS (34), YAI (33), IJ (26), and UK (34) with evidence of 40 thousand ecstasy pills.
From the confessions of the suspects, apparently there will be another shipment from Brazil to Bali. Based on this information, investigators continued to develop and arrest the suspect JM (58) and confiscated 50 thousand ecstasy pills.
Mukti said that his party was still developing and arresting suspects with the initials PAS alias I (44), RLP alias O (28), IDGK alias O (33), DAKM (22), and IGN BTAP alias P (44) with 90,000 pieces of evidence. ecstasy grains.
For their actions, the suspects were charged with Article 114 paragraph 2 Juncto Article 132 paragraph 2 Subsidiary Article 111 paragraph 2 Juncto Article 132 paragraph 2 of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics, with a maximum penalty of death penalty. Bembo
