Inp.polri.go.id - Surabaya. The Surabaya Sub-Regional y Police arrested two drug trafficking suspects, identified as MF, 23-year-old, and AP, 28-year-old, and confiscated methamphetamine, or locally known as "sabu-sabu".

"The suspects are part of an inter-provincial drug trafficking network from Sumatra. The police arrested them as they disembarked from the Sembrani Train at Pasar Turi Station in Surabaya," said Police Senior Superintendent Akhmad Yusep Gunawan, the Head of Surabaya Sub-Regional Police on Monday (13/3/23).

The police investigation revealed that the methamphetamine was obtained from a supplier identified as KS. Both suspects procured the drugs from KS in a hotel room in Pekanbaru City, Riau, before transporting them to Java through land and sea routes.

The police confiscated 23 packets of methamphetamine with a total weight of 24,1 kg from the suspects during the operation, the police chief said.

"We are continuing our investigation to identify and arrest other suspects involved in the drug trafficking network, one of which is KS, the supplier of the drugs," he said.

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