Bareskrim Seizes IDR 388 Billion Of Money And Assets Allegedly Of Money Laundering In 3 Drug Cases
JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police confiscated cash and assets worth Rp. 338 billion which were the proceeds of the crime of money laundering (TPPU). The assets are related to the disclosure of three narcotics trafficking cases in several regions.
"The money and assets were confiscated if the total was Rp. 338 billion," said Karo Penmas of the Public Relations Division of the Police Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono to reporters, Thursday, December 16.
Of the three cases, people have been named as suspects. A number of the suspects are already in the trial stage.
Meanwhile, the Director of Narcotics Crime at the National Police Bareskrim Brigadier General Krisno Halomoan Siregar said the first case was the distribution of ecstasy narcotics in Bali which was revealed in 2017. In this case, a suspect has the initials ARW (57).
The money and assets confiscated in this case were around Rp. 298 billion. Where, the cash confiscated reached Rp. 3.6 billion.
Meanwhile, the rest are in the form of 11 land assets located in Denpasar, Medan and West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). The nominal amount is IDR 294 billion.
"We confiscated houses and land assets spread across Medan in the form of shop houses, some in Bali Province (namely) Denpasar, Badung and some in NTB," said Krisno.
Then, the second case relates to the distribution of methamphetamine. In this case, three people were named as suspects. The three are Rudi, Dodi, and the criminal mastermind with the initials HS.
In this case, the confiscated assets worth Rp9.8 billion in the form of houses and land located in Medan, Lhoksumawe, Blangpulo, and Batulapat. These assets belong to HS.
"One of the suspects we TPPU has the initials HS. The role of the courier controller. He has been involved in the business (drugs) since 2015, so the tempus is from 2015 to 2021," said Krisno.
"Some of the assets are in the form of a house in one of the housing estates in Medan, then an old Lexus car, a Trinton and many in the form of land and buildings, and a number of accounts used as a means of drug payment transactions," he continued.
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Lastly, money laundering is related to cases of production and distribution of illegal drugs in Yogyakarta. In this case, five people were named as suspects, namely SD, DSR, EP alias Y, LFS alias C, and FT.
From the suspects confiscated money and assets from crimes worth Rp30.5 billion. Where, the amount of money is Rp. 20.6 billion and the rest is in the form of land and buildings.
The confiscation of the assets of the suspects in the narcotics case, said Krisno, is the National Police's commitment to eradicate drug trafficking. Therefore, all parties involved in the black business must be impoverished.
"The Indonesian National Police remains committed because we realize that it is not enough to just confiscate BB, but there must also be an impoverishment strategy. So that the eradication effort can be maximized," said Krisno.