Inp.polri.go.id - Semarang. The West Jakarta Metropoltan Sub-regional Police Narcotics Investigation Unit uncovered a clandestine laboratory producing Carisoprodol narcotics pills in Semarang, Central Java, following an investigation that began in North Jakarta.

The operation launched after officers arrested a suspect, identified by initials PD, in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, seizing 120,000 Carisoprodol tablets. The investigation led police to Semarang, where they arrested another suspect, identified as DJ, and uncovered a warehouse utilized as a production facility in Mijen.

"From that location, officers detained a second suspect, DJ, and uncovered the production site in Semarang," West Jakarta Police Deputy Narcotics Chief Senior Inspector Avrilendy stated on Monday (13/7/2026). Officers seized mixing machines, tablet presses, 188,000 pills, 250 kilograms of core drug powder, and 1,650 kilograms of raw materials.

The lab had operated since early 2026, producing over one million pills distributed across multiple provinces. The suspects face capital punishment or life imprisonment under Indonesian drug laws.

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