Sukabumi Police Thwarts Circulation Of Thousands Of Illegal Drugs During Ramadan

Sukabumi City Police Narcotics Unit officers arrested the perpetrator from Sukabumi for distributing tens of thousands of pills of illegal limited hard drugs. (ANTARA)

SUKABUMI - The Narcotics Unit of the Sukabumi City Police, Java Baray, confiscated thousands of illegal limited hard drugs from a number of dealers in the jurisdiction of the Sukabumi City Police during Ramadan 1444 Hijri.

"During this Ramadan, we have managed to confiscate tens of thousands of illegal hard drugs from a number of suspects," said Sukabumi City Police Narcotics Head Adjunct Commissioner Yudi Wahyudi as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, April 4.

Yudi said a few days ago his party arrested a young man from Pidie Jaya Regency, Aceh, with the initials FK (27) who was a large number of illegal drug dealers.

From the suspect's hands, evidence was confiscated of 1,250 items of tramadol HCL 50 mg and 17,400 pills of the hexymer brand.

The suspect FK was arrested in Ranji Village, Kebonpedes District, Sukabumi Regency. This young man from Udeung Village, Menasah Udeung Village, Bandarbaru District, Pidie Jaya Regency, signed a house on Pelda Suryanta Street, Gedongpanjang Village, Citamiang District, Sukabumi City. Previously, at the beginning of Ramadan, the Sukabumi City Police Satnarkoba managed to confiscate 340 items of tramadol HCL 50 mg from a young man with the initials F (21). The evidence was found by the police in the suspect's boarding room on Jalan Ciaulpasir, Cikole District, Sukabumi City.

Furthermore, still in the first week of Ramadan, the police arrested a young man with the initials AY (32) on Jalan Kaukkaler, Cikole District, with evidence of 50 mg tramadol HCL. Then developed by searching Lamping Village, Gedongpanjang Village, Citamiang District, and managed to find 550 pills of illegal hard drugs.

According to Yudi, in the case of drug disclosure carried out by his staff, the circulation of illegal hard drugs still dominated after methamphetamine.

As in the disclosure of drug cases from January to March 2023, the Sukabumi City Police Narcotics Unit confiscated 11,221 pills of limited hard drugs and the evidence has been destroyed.

During Ramadan, Yudi continued, his party increased supervision, disclosure and education about the dangers of drugs and limited hard drugs aimed at maintaining the sacredness of Ramadan from various public diseases, such as drug trafficking and abuse.

In addition, Yudi appealed to residents if they saw, knew or suspected drug transactions to immediately report to the police or the nearest security forces so that they could be handled quickly.

"We are still developing this case of illegal limited drug trafficking to uncover the network of dealers," he added.

The perpetrators of the circulation and abuse of limited hard drugs were charged with Article 197 in conjunction with Article 106 paragraph (1) or Article 196 in conjunction with Article 98 paragraph (2) of Law Number 36 of 2009 concerning Health with a maximum prison sentence of 15 years.