Confiscated Assets Of IDR 89 Billion, Bareskrim Polri Determined To Poor Drug Dealers

The Release Of The Narcotics Bandar Case At The Criminal Investigation Unit Of The Police (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Directorate of Drug Crimes confiscated a number of assets belonging to drug dealers with the initials FA alias V worth Rp. 89 billion. The confiscation was carried out in the development of money laundering crimes (TPPU) in narcotics cases "The total (assets confiscated) were Rp. 89,062,860,000.," said Director of Narcotics Crimes at the National Police, Brigadier General Mukti Juharsa, to reporters, Thursday, August 24. FA alias V's assets were confiscated, such as four large motorbikes, six cars. Then, there were also 34 land and building certificates and cash worth IDR 5.8 billion. The confiscation of the assets of the perpetrators in this narcotics case, said Mukti, is one of the National Police's commitments to eradicating drug trafficking, including impoverishing the dealer. Thus, all assets that are the proceeds of crime can be returned to the state. "Our goal is to break the chain by using money laundering or money laundry to impoverish the dealers," said Mukti. In addition, Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan, said that FA alias V was a drug dealer who was arrested in a case of circulating 47 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine in Bengkalis Regency. In fact, he has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. "Disclosure of money laundering or money laundering crimes is related to criminal acts of origin of drug crimes with 46 kilograms of methamphetamine evidence," he said.

In this case, FA alias V has been named a suspect. He was charged with Article 3 in conjunction with Article 4 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning Money Laundering.