inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The Executive Director of the Indonesian Police Strategic Studies Institute (Lemkapi) Edi Hasibuan appreciated the joint investigation of Indonesian National Police (INP) Criminal Investigation Agency with other law enforcement officers in uncovering a drug syndicate of Indonesia-Malaysia. The drug syndicate was controlled from inside a prison in Tarakan, North Kalimantan. 

​​​​​He saw this as a good synergy between law enforcement officers in the "joint investigation", which include members from INP Criminal Investigation Agency, the Directorate General of Corrections (Ditjen Pas), the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) and the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK).

Director Edi said that cooperation between law enforcement officers is very much needed so that drug circulation can be suppressed and the community is protected from the dangers of drugs. According to him, the circulation of narcotics is increasingly concerning and can even be controlled by prisoners who are serving prison sentences.

"This is like what happened in Tarakan Prison. INP Criminal Investigation Agency in collaboration with the Directorate General of Penitentiary, BNN, and PPATK dismantled an Indonesian-Malaysian drug network controlled by a prisoner with the initials A," said Director Edi.

Prisoner A is suspected of controlling a drug network in Kalimantan, East Java, and Bali. A is said to have imported seven tons of crystal methamphetamine from Malaysia to be distributed in Indonesia in 2017-2023. From this case, the police are hunting for a suspect who played a role in distributing crystal methamphetamine at the lower level.

Meanwhile, the police arrested a number of people as suspects in the case of money laundering because they disguised the money from the sale of crystal methamphetamine by buying dozens of assets from land, vehicles, to luxury watches.

This case was revealed when the Directorate General of Penitentiary received a report that convict A, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison for a drug case, often caused trouble in Tarakan Prison.

From the results of the investigation by the Directorate General of Penitentiary, convict A was highly suspected of distributing drugs, thus officials moved this case to be investigated by the INP Criminal Investigation Unit and BNN.

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