Determination Of Methamphetamine Worth IDR 80.5 Billion In South Sumatra, BNN Make Sure Palaku Is Bounded By The Golden Triangel International Network

The Provincial National Narcotics Agency (BNNP) of South Sumatra (Sumsel) arrested a drug dealer in a direct network with a big gang of illicit drug trafficking from Myanmar.

Head of the South Sumatra BNNP Brigadier General Pol. Djoko Prihadi confirmed that based on the results of the South Sumatra BNNP investigation of the suspect NRH alias Acun (46), a resident of Sukarami, Palembang.

The suspect Acun underwent an investigation after being arrested by the South Sumatra BNNP Brantas Division Team along with East Sumatra Customs and Excise personnel on Tuesday, January 24 afternoon.

From the arrest, he said, evidence was confiscated of dozens of packages of methamphetamine packaged in tea packages that read the coolness of a dragon hologram weighing 115 kilograms.

The evidence was stored by the suspect in the trunk of a black Avanza minibus with police number BA 866 KB driven from Aceh passing on Jalan Colonel Dani Effendi, Talang Betutu, Palembang.

Djoko confirmed that the suspect Acun is a direct network of the international drug trafficking gang of Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand or often called the Golden Triangel or Golden Triangle.

This is based on the characteristics of the dragon-hologramed cool packaging and physical evidence of excellent quality methamphetamine owned by the suspect produced in Myanmar, one of the Golden Triangels.

"From here it was revealed that the suspect Acun served as the controller, as well as the methamphetamine dealer for the Palembang City and South Sumatra Province," he told reporters in Palembang, Monday, January 30, that Antara had confiscated.

According to him, based on the suspect's confession to investigators, methamphetamine was brought directly from Aceh to the Plaju area, Palembang.

The methamphetamine belonging to the suspect Acun per kilogram is valued at Rp. 700 million, bringing the total to Rp. 80.5 billion.

The suspect along with 115 kg of crystal methamphetamine evidence and a black Avanza car BA 1866 KB are currently being secured at the South Sumatra BNNP Office.

"The results of this disclosure continue to be developed in collaboration with BNN neighboring provinces," he said.

For his actions, the suspect was charged with Article 114 paragraph (2) and Article 112 paragraph (2) of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics with a maximum threat of the death penalty.