inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The police stated that they will assist the identification process of seven prisoners and convicts who escaped from Salemba Prison, Central Jakarta. Data on the seven prisoners who escaped have also been obtained.

"The data on the prisoners and convicts who escaped are already in the Criminal Investigation Unit held by the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit. We have also established further communication and conducted a search," said Head of Public Relations Division of Metro Jaya Regional Police, Senior Superintendent Ade Ary Syam Indradito reporters, on Thursday (11/14/2024).

According to Ade, it is true that one of the escaped prisoners was drug kingpin Murtala bin Ilyas alias Murtala Ilyas.

He explained that the police are cooperating with the Salemba Prison in pursuing seven prisoners and inmates who escaped on Tuesday (12/11/2024) morning. Moreover, the Central Jakarta Sub-regional Metro Police has conducted a crime scene investigation.

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