inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The Indonesian National Police (INP) Narcotics Criminal Investigation Directorate investigative team arrested the wife and two children of drug dealer Erwin Iskandar, also known as Ko Erwin, in connection with a money laundering (TPPU) case. The three were arrested in Sumbawa Regency and Mataram City, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province on Thursday (4/23/2026).

The Director of Narcotics Criminal Investigation, Brigadier General Eko Hadi Santoso, stated that the arrests were made by a Joint Team from Sub-Directorate IV and the NIC Task Force of INP, led by Senior Superintendent Handik Zusen and Senior Superintendent Kevin Leleury.

"Three suspects have been arrested, namely Virda Virginia Pahlevi, Koko Erwin's wife, and her two children, Hadi Sumarho Iskandar and Christina Aurelia," explained Eko in a written statement on Thursday (4/23/2026).

According to him, investigators also confiscated several pieces of evidence from Ko Erwin's drug trafficking business. Currently, the three individuals remain in West Nusa Tenggara and will soon be brought to Jakarta for further questioning at the INP Criminal Investigation Agency.

"Several pieces of evidence of money laundering from narcotics crimes were confiscated from the three suspects, including a house, shophouse, warehouse, motor vehicles, and various related documents," he said.

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