Inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The Indonesian National Police (INP)'s Narcotics Crime Directorate has uncovered a money laundering case stemming from drug trafficking in West Kalimantan.

“Our commitment is to impoverish all drug dealers and couriers. We have seized assets from drug traffickers in other cases, and now we are escalating this money laundering case,” said Brigadier General Mukti Juharsa, the INP’s Criminal INvestigation Agency’s Director of Narcotics Crime, on  Monday (22/7/2024), 

The case involves drug trafficking operations in Pontianak and Singkawang with three suspects identified as R, AJ, and A. Court proceedings revealed that they transferred drug money to accounts controlled by another suspect, identified as W alias E, a major drug dealer in West Kalimantan, who has been running this scheme since 2017.

Suspect W disguised his illicit funds by transferring money across various accounts, using the proceeds to invest in real estate, vehicles, and businesses. The police seized assets worth Rp 30 billion, including properties, eight cars, four motorcycles, and two air guns used for impersonating security personnel.

Suspect W faces up to 20 years in prison under Indonesia’s money laundering and narcotics laws.

(mg/inp/pr/nm)