Jakarta – Polres Metro Jakarta Barat carried out activities to destroy narcotics evidence collected during the period July to September 2023. The narcotics evidence destroyed consisted of 87 kg of marijuana, 7.5 kg of methamphetamine and 1,090 ecstasy pills with a total weight of 94.5 kg and has a market value of around Rp12 billion.
This destruction was carried out using an incinerator machine and witnessed by the Forkopimda Jakarta Barat. Before destroying it, an examination of narcotic substances was first carried out by the National Police’s Puslabfor team. All of this evidence is the result of disclosures from 7 cases involving 15 suspects.
“The destruction uses a high-temperature incinerator machine. So that the drug evidence will be completely burned without any remains,” said Kapolres Metro Jakarta Barat, Kombes Pol M Syahduddi in a press conference at the West Jakarta Police Headquarters, Wednesday, (25/10).
Continuing with Kapolres Syahduddi, a team under the leadership of Kasatres Narkoba Polres Metro Jakarta Barat, AKBP Indrawieny Panjiyoga, succeeded in thwarting the smuggling of tens of kilograms of drugs brought by 15 couriers to the Jakarta area.
Most of the methamphetamine is obtained from Medan and Aceh. Meanwhile, most of the marijuana comes from Aceh.
The disclosure of the Polres Metro Jakarta Barat narcotics case is also related to several crime scenes, including Terminal 2E of Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Terminal 1A of Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Permata Complex in Kampung Ambon, Deli Serdang area, North Sumatra, Ciracas, East Jakarta, and Banten .
The suspects involved were charged under Article 114 Paragraph 2 subsidiary Article 111 Paragraph 2 subsidiary Article 112 Paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 132 Paragraph 1 Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics.
They face the threat of life imprisonment, a minimum sentence of five years, and a maximum sentence of death.
“The perpetrators have now been arrested at the Mapolrestro Jakarta Barat. And the destruction of narcotics worth Rp12 billion also shows our commitment to fighting drug trafficking,” said Kapolres Syahduddi at the end of his press statement. Bembo
