inp.polri.go.id - Katingan. Police have named three of the five suspects who attacked three police officers during a drug eradication operation in Tumbang Kalemei Village, Katingan Regency, Central Kalimantan.

"Yes, three have been named as suspects," explained Katingan Sub-regional Police Chief, Superintendent Dodik Hartono, Thursday (7/9/2026).

The suspects are being charged with murder and assault resulting in the victim's death. Furthermore, no charges have been filed against them.

Meanwhile, the drug dealer who resisted the attack that resulted in the deaths of three members of the Katingan Sub-regional Police Drugs Criminal Investigation Unit was arrested today. 

The arrest was made by the Indonesian National Police (INP) Criminal Investigation Unit NIC Task Force.

"Three suspected drug dealers and perpetrators of the attack and murder of three members of the Katingan Sub-regional Police Narcotics Unit. The three, Bio, Perie, and Ramblan alias Busu, have been successfully arrested," said the Director of Drug Crimes at INP Criminal Investigation Unit, Brigadier General Eko Hadi Santoso.

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