The arrest of this crystal meth courier was due to information from the public that in the Putat Jaya area, it was often used for drug transactions.
The shabu courier arrested was IS alias J (35), a resident of Kupang Gunung Jaya, Putat Jaya Village, Sawahan District. From the suspect's hands, the police secured 22.81 grams of crystal methamphetamine.
The method was that the suspect IS alias J bought crystal methamphetamine from someone in Porong, with the initials HRS, which is currently on the Wanted List (DPO).
The plan was for the suspect to sell 22.81 grams of crystal methamphetamine in small packages.
Accompanied by Deputy Head of Narcotics, AKBP Aris Supriono and Head of Sub-Directorate I of the Directorate of Narcotics, Kompol Daniel Manduri. Head of Public Relations of the East Java Regional Police released the results of the distribution of methamphetamine drugs in Surabaya and Sidoarjo.
The result of this disclosure was the collaboration between the East Java Regional Police's Ditresnarkoba and the Mojokerto District Police.
"Ditresnarkoba members get information from the public if there are frequent methamphetamine transactions in Putat Jaya. Members carry out investigations to make arrests of IS suspects," said Head of Public Relations of the East Java Regional Police, Kombes Pol Gatot Repli Handoko, Thursday (18/2/2021) afternoon.
"Members continue to develop the results revealed by the main suspect and finally return to arrest other suspects in Sidoarjo," he added.
Meanwhile, from the results of the developments carried out, the police finally arrested another suspect, namely, ES (27), a resident of Medokan Semampir, Sukolilo District, Surabaya.
The suspect ES is a subordinate of HRS who is currently a police DPO. ES himself was arrested in his rented house on Jalan Raya Suko Legok, Legok Suko Village, Sukodono District, Sidoarjo.
"The ES suspect was arrested in Sukodono, Sidoarjo. He was arrested while in his rented house. From the suspect's hand, members secured 5 kilos of crystal methamphetamine wrapped in Chinese tea," he explained.
During the search, the police found 5 (five) packs of crystal methamphetamine wrapped in Chinese tea weighing 5.521 grams and 7 (seven) plastic clips containing drugs weighing 455 grams.
Based on the police interrogation of the ES suspect, the methamphetamine that he controls belongs to RMB which is now a DPO, apart from RMB, another person is also a DPO, namely SNY.
The ES suspect himself admitted that he had received methamphetamine twice from the RMB for distribution. If successful, the ES suspect will get a reward of IDR 50 million.
"Now members are still hunting down two other suspects who are suspected of being the big meth dealers," he concluded.
From their actions, the two suspects will be charged under Article 114 paragraph (2) and Article 112 paragraph (2) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning narcotics. With the threat of a sentence of 15 years in prison or life.
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