Police Arrest 3 Brothers Of Jambi Drug Dealers

JAKARTA - A joint team from the Directorate of Drug Crimes (Dittipidnarkoba) Bareskrim Polri and the Jambi Police arrested three brothers who were a gang of drug dealers in Jambi.

"The circulation of drugs in Jambi Province has recently been very disturbing to the public. This is suspected because of organized crimes allegedly controlled by siblings with the initials DS alias T, TM alias K, and HDK (Helen Dian Krisnawati) that have been going on for a long time," said Deputy Chief of Criminal Investigation of the National Police Inspector General Asep Edi Suheri, Wednesday, October 16.

The arrests of the three brothers began with the arrest of the suspect with the initials AY related to possession of methamphetamine on March 22, 2024, in Tanjung Jabung Barat Regency, Jambi.

The examination of AY brought investigators to arrest another suspect with the initials AA on July 28, 2024 in Indragiri Hilir, Riau, with evidence of methamphetamine weighing 4 grams.

"The person concerned admitted to getting drugs from two people with the initials HDK and DD (Din alias Diding)," he said.

DD was arrested in Jakarta on October 9, 2024 at 21.00 WIB and an interval of 5 hours later, precisely on October 10, 2024 at 02.30 WIB, investigators arrested HDK at his residence, Jakarta.

The arrests continued with the people associated with the drug trafficking case in Jambi by the suspect HDK, namely DS alias T, TM alias AK, and MA.

"From the results of the examination, DS alias T and TM alias AK are the siblings of the suspect with the initials HDK," he said.

The Deputy Chief of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police revealed that the three brothers were using the 'lapak' system. A total of seven stalls are controlled. In a week, these stalls spend approximately 500 1,000 grams of methamphetamine-type narcotics.

"The profit that can be obtained from the sale of methamphetamine is under the control of the suspect TM alias AK and DS alias T as much as Rp. 500 million to Rp. 1 billion," said Asep.

According to him, the suspects have their respective roles. The suspect HDK, for example, acts as network controller, DD acts as an accomplice to HDK, suspect TM alias AK and DS alias T as the coordinator of the stall, as well as MA who acts as an accomplice who acts as treasurer and courier.

The three siblings claimed to have controlled this illicit business for a long time. For the exact time, investigators are still investigating more deeply.

Investigators have also confiscated a number of assets from suspect AA worth Rp. 10.8 billion and a number of assets from TM alias AK whose value is still being investigated.

The suspects were charged with the Narcotics Law and the Money Laundering Law (TPPU) with the threat of life imprisonment or a minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 20 years.