inp.polri.go.id – Surabaya. The Directorate of Drug Investigation at the East Java Regional Police has arrested two drug dealers of methamphetamine and ecstasy in two different places. The Head of Public Relations Division of the East Java Regional Police, Police Grand Commissioner Gatot Repli Handoko, said the perpetrator was an inter-provincial network from Jakarta to Surabaya. "Only three days apart, on September 12 and 15, 2021, these inter-provincial drug dealers were arrested in two different places. The perpetrator with the initials MMS was secured in the Mc Donald parking lot, Taman District, Sidoarjo Regency. And the perpetrator with the initials IR was secured at a hotel in the Rungkut area, Surabaya, "explained the Head of Public Relations Division of the East Java Regional Police, Monday (4/10/2021). Armed with information from the public, the police managed to secure evidence of methamphetamine with a total gross weight of 1,577.85 grams and narcotics of the type of Ecstasy pill with a total of 675 pills, from the hands of the suspect MMS (29), a resident of Surabaya. Meanwhile, from the suspect's hands, IR (31) is a resident of Jakarta. In addition, the police secured one plastic bag, which contained one packet of Chinese tea containing methamphetamine with a gross weight of 1,040 grams. Meanwhile, Head of Sub-Directorate III Police Commissioner Toni said these illicit goods were deliberately imported from Jakarta to be circulated in East Java. "From the confession of the MMS suspect in each of his transactions, he received a reward of 1,200 thousand rupiahs, and this transaction has been carried out three times," said Police Commissioner Toni. After the arrest of the MMS suspect, the police carried out an expansion by searching for the suspect's boarding house and succeeded in finding Inek or Ecstasy Pills, as many as 675 grains and scales. The Directorate of Drug Investigation of the East Java Regional Police will continue to develop and as a result of his actions, these two inter-provincial drug slaves were snared under Articles 112 and 114, with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.