inp.polri.go.id - South Sumatra. The Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) Sub-regional Police Drugs Criminal Investigation Unit arrested a drug dealer who attempted to flee after stabbing a police member in Baturaja, South Sumatra.
In the incident, Brigadier Joni Agustoni, a member of the OKU Sub-regional Police Drugs Criminal Investigation Unit, sustained a stab wound.
Suspect AJ attacked the victim during the arrest in the Pasar Atas area of Baturaja, Tuesday (5/26/2026) at around 10:15 a.m.
OKU Sub-regional Police Chief, Superintendent Endro Aribowo, stated that AJ is a repeat offender in narcotics cases who has been in and out of prison twice.
When police officers attempted to apprehend him, AJ resisted brutally by stabbing the officer with a sharp weapon.
"The perpetrator is a repeat offender who has been in prison twice for narcotics cases," he explained on Wednesday (5/27/2026).
He explained that the stabbing incident occurred when four police memberswere following the perpetrator's movements from the Baturaja Hamlet area towards the Upper Market.
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