inp.polri.go.id - South Sumatra. The South Sumatra Regional Police Drugs Criminal Investigation Directorate destroyed IDR 2.85 billion worth of narcotics evidence seized during May 2026 at the South Sumatra Regional Police Headquarters in Palembang.

The evidence was confiscated from 49 suspects involved in 29 police reports across nine jurisdictions in South Sumatra. Vice Director of Drugs Criminal Investigation Directorate, AKBP God Parlastro Sinaga, stated that the destruction was carried out as a form of transparency and accountability for the police institution in disrupting the chain of illicit drug trafficking.

The confiscated evidence included 4,300.1 grams of methamphetamine, 719 ecstasy pills, 17,553.25 grams of dried marijuana, and 40 milliliters of etomidate liquid. 

Before being destroyed, some of the evidence was set aside for laboratory and court use. The destroyed evidence consisted of 4,291.38 grams of methamphetamine, 680 ecstasy pills, 17,552.85 grams of dried marijuana, and 28 milliliters of etomidate liquid.

The drug cases were spread across nine jurisdictions, with the Palembang Sub-regional Police recording the highest number of reports, with nine cases. The Musi Banyuasin region also received six cases, PALI and Ogan Ilir Regencies received three reports each, Musi Rawas, Muara Enim, and Banyuasin each received two reports, and East Ogan Komering Ulu and Ogan Komering Ilir each received one report.

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