inp.polri.go.id - On the 77th Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia, the Tangerang Police presents 43 kg of methamphetamine and other types of narcotics that will be destroyed at Maulana Yudha Negara Field, Tigaraksa, Tangerang Regency, Wednesday (17/8/22).
The narcotics was the result of the disclosure of a large syndicate of methamphetamine and ecstasy drug dealers across provinces and across countries. This disclosure is also a new history for the Tangerang Police and Banten Police by revealing 43 kg of methamphetamine and 494 ecstasy pills.
Tangerang Police Chief, Commissioner Raden Romdhon Natakusuma revealed that the Tangerang Police Drug Investigators Unit from mid-May 2022 to the end of June 2022 had succeeded in dismantling a cross-provincial cross-border drug dealer network with 7 suspects, namely ASY (28), DS (27), DM (23), MI (25), BY (54), RBS (26) and ADS (28).
"The total confiscation of drug evidence from this cross-provincial cross-country drug dealer syndicate was 43.2 kg of methamphetamine and 494 pills of ecstasy," said Commissioner Raden Romdhon Natakusuma.
Other than drugs, investigators have also succeeded in thwarting money laundering crimes against the perpetrators. "It didn't stop there, the Tangerang Police Drug Investigation Unit, supported by the Banten Police's Narcotics Directorate, continued to develop the case and succeeded in arresting ASP (25) in West Kalimantan who is the son of suspect BY from his marriage with his second wife. From this arrest, officers confiscated both movable and immovable assets of the perpetrators and managed to confiscate cash amounting to Rp1,101,806,700, Daihatsu Feroza car, and Wuling Confero car," explained the Tangerang Police Chief.
The Tangerang Police Chief also said that the Tangerang Police were committed to eradicating all forms of drug trafficking. "We don't tolerate any drug crimes, and this is our commitment in eradicating drug trafficking in Tangerang," he explained.
On the same occasion, Tangerang Regent A. Zaki Iskandar appreciated the performance of Tangerang Polresta personnel. "On behalf of the government and the people of Tangerang Regency, I would like to express my highest gratitude and appreciation to the Tangerang Police for revealing the perpetrators of drug abuse,” he said in his appreciation.
Before being destroyed, the police conducted drug evidence identification test by the National Police Headquarters Forensic Laboratory Research Center to check the authenticity of the narcotics. In destroyin the drugs, the police burned the drugs using a special tool.