inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The Riau Islands Regional Police Drug Criminal Investigation Directorate thwarted the shipment of class I narcotics, MDMB-4en-Pinaca, weighing 5.7 kilograms from two suspects arrested on the shores of Bahagia Beach, Nongsa, Batam City.
"We have only now been able to uncover the type of narcotics that we previously thought were cocaine, but after being tested in a forensic laboratory, it turned out to be MDMB-4en-Pinaca," said the Riau Islands Regional Police Chief, Inspector General Asep Safrudi on Friday (7/4/2025).
Asep explained that the disclosure of this narcotics shipment case was one of 26 drug cases that they had successfully uncovered for one month from 5 June to 3 July 2025, involving 39 suspects.
"This is a concern for us all to anticipate the circulation of drugs. We have to anticipate its entry into the Riau Islands region, especially Batam," he continued.
Director of the Riau Islands Regional Police Drugs Criminal Investigation Unit Senior Superintendent Anggoro Wicaksono explained that MDMB-4es-Pinaca is a raw material for making synthetic tobacco (synthe), and can also be used for etomidate vape liquid after being extracted.
He said that the delivery of MDMB-4es-Pinaca involved five suspects, two of whom were successfully arrested, the remaining three are still at large or on the wanted list.
"We were first receiving information from the public that goods (narcotics) would enter Nongsa Beach. Then, we mobilized our members to the location and arrested suspect ATA," said Anggoro.
ATA came from Bandung and was a courier tasked with picking up MDMB-4es-Pinaca to be delivered to Jakarta via Karimun.
Furthermore, investigators conducted developments, so that they succeeded in arresting suspect SH, who acted as a liaison and provider of boat transportation from Malaysia to Batam.
"The results of the suspect's examination show that the owner of the drugs is AA (DPO) who was purchased from suspect Z, a Malaysian citizen, and N as the recipient in Jakarta ," said Anggoro.
The suspects were charged with Article 114 paragraph (2) and/or Article 112 paragraph (2) of Law Number 35 of 2009 in conjunction with Article 132 paragraph (1) concerning Narcotics, with a maximum penalty of death or life imprisonment or a minimum prison sentence of six years and a maximum of 20 years.
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