2 Police Allegedly Supplying Firearms To KKB In Papua Intensively Examined By Propam

JAKARTA - The National Police said the arrest of two police officers suspected of selling firearms to the armed criminal group (KKB) was based on the development of an investigation.

The Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Grand Commissioner Ahmad Ramadhan, said they were arrested starting with the arrest of a Bintuni resident with the initials WT in mid-February.

"Previously, the Bintuni Police in mid-February had arrested one of the Bintuni residents who was caught carrying 1 revolver and 1 homemade rifle," Ramadhan told reporters, Monday, February 22.

From this arrest was then developed. As a result, WT claimed to have received the weapons in the Ambon area, Maluku. Thus, the Bintuni Police and the West Papua Police who handled the case delegated the case to the Ambon Police and the Maluku Regional Police.

After that, the police arrested 6 people who were suspected of being involved. Two of them are members of the National Police.

"The results of the investigation were secured by 6 people who were suspected of being involved with where the weapons came from. And 4 people were secured from civilians and two from Ambon Police who were suspected of being involved in the possession or origin of the weapons," he explained.

The National Police have not disclosed the identities of the two police officers and their involvement in the case of buying and selling firearms. The reason is that all suspected perpetrators are still being investigated intensively.

"So currently 6 people are still being detained and being investigated by the Profession and Security Division of Regional Police and the General Crime Directorate of Maluku Regional Police," said Ramadhan.