inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The West Jakarta Resort Police secured 534 kilograms of dried marijuana ready for distribution last Wednesday (11/17/21). The disclosure of more than half a ton of drugs is a cross-Sumatra-Java network.
West Jakarta Regional Police succeeded in thwarting the distribution of marijuana types from the starting point (upstream). So that we secure these narcotics, whose markets are Sumatra and Java, especially Jabodetabek, explained the Head of the West Jakarta Resort Police, Pol. Grand Commissioner Ady Wibowo in his press release, Wednesday (12/8/21).
Pol. Grand Commissioner Ady Wibowo also said the disclosure resulted from the development of the previous case in September 2021 across Java-Sumatra. "Starting from the previous arrest in West Jakarta. We do the analysis. We do the mapping. There is a delivery plan from Mandailing Natal. The team departed; we secured 20 sacks of dried marijuana with 534 kg," he explained.
The West Jakarta Resort Police Chief explained that nine suspects were arrested. The drugs for the New Year supply are worth IDR 2.6 billion to IDR 2.7 billion.
"There are nine suspects who have been arrested. 4 of them are couriers. Furthermore, two there are controllers in Mandailing Natal. The rest is in Java and Rp. 2.6 billion to Rp. 2.7 billion for drugs on the black market is for New Year's supplies. Thank God the team managed to thwart the distribution. Furthermore, of course, we don't stop here, or we continue to develop it again," explained the Chief of Resort Police.
For their actions, the suspects are threatened with Article 114 Paragraph (2) Sub-Article 111 Paragraph (2) Junto Article 132 of Law No. RI. 35 of 2009, concerning Narcotics. The punishment is 6 to 20 years in prison plus a fine of IDR 20 billion.