Drug Dealer In Nagan Raya Aceh Dies After Arrested By Police

The Nagan Raya Police, Aceh, showed one suspect suspected of being a narcotics dealer who was arrested at a house in Babah Krueng Village, Beutong District, local district, Friday (15/9/2023). (ANTARA/HO-Doc Public Relations of Nagan Raya Police)

NAGAN RAYA - A suspected drug dealer with the initials BS, a resident of Meunasah Teungoh, Beutong District, Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh, was reported to have died after being caught by officers while trying to escape when his house was surrounded by police.

"The alleged perpetrator of BS was declared dead when he arrived at the Beutong Health Center, Nagan Raya," said Head of the Narcotics Investigation Unit of the Nagan Raya Police, Aceh, Ipda Vitra Ramadani, as reported by ANTARA, Friday, September 15.

Ipda Vitra Ramadani explained that a drug dealer with the initials BS previously admitted that he was short of breath after being arrested by the police, when the perpetrator tried to escape from being chased by officers.

Before being caught, the police carried out a siege at the perpetrator's house on Thursday (14/9) night to arrest BS for allegedly being a narcotics dealer.

When caught by officers, the alleged perpetrator of BS admitted that he had shortness of breath and the police took the perpetrator to the Beutong Health Center, Nagan Raya, Aceh, for a medical examination.

"Arriving at the Beutong Health Center, BS, who is a drug dealer's DPO, was declared dead," said Ipda Vitra Ramadani.

His party then took BS's body to the Sultan Iskandar Muda Hospital, Nagan Raya, Aceh, for a post-mortem et repertum, and then handed over the body to the family.

Ipda Vitra Ramadani said that before carrying out the siege at BS's house, the police had previously arrested another suspected perpetrator with the initials SA (37 years), a resident of Babah Krueng Village, Beutong District, Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh.

The suspect was arrested by the police on Thursday (14/9) night when officers carried out the raid.

Ipda Vitra Ramadani said the Nagan Raya Police would continue to develop a narcotics trafficking network in this area, in order to make arrests for processing in accordance with applicable legal regulations.