Inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta.  The Narcotics Directorate of Jakarta Metro Jaya Regional Police arrested a 29-year-old drug dealer, identified only as I, after seizing 1.26 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine during an operation in Cimanggis, Depok, West Java.

“The suspect was arrested around 5 pm on Jalan Akses UI Tugu, Cimanggis, Depok, on 13 August 2025,” said Superintendent Indra Tarigan, the Head of Sub-Directorate 1 of the Narcotics Directorate, in Jakarta on Friday (22/8/2025).

The arrest followed public reports of suspected narcotics transactions in the area. During preliminary questioning, the suspect confessed he obtained the drugs from an peron identified as O, who remains on the police wanted list.

Authorities transported the suspect and the evidence to the Jakarta Metropolitan Police headquarters for further investigation.

He is charged under Law No. 35/2009 on Narcotics, carrying a maximum prison sentence of 20 years. 

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