Police Distribute Drugs, Head of Narcotics Police at Tangerang Police, AKP Pardiman, Arrested

JAKARTA - The Narcotics Crime Directorate (Dittipidnarkoba) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police arrested the Head of the Narcotics Investigation Unit of the South Tangerang Police, AKP Pardiman, along with six of his members regarding their alleged involvement in the drug trafficking case.

Director of Narcotics Crime of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Brigjen Pol Eko Hadi Santoso, said that in addition to the six members of the Tangerang Selatan Police Narcotics Unit, investigators also arrested a member of the Aceh Police.

"The complete release will be further conveyed," said Eko in Jakarta, Monday, July 27, quoted from Antara.

Eko explained that AKP Pardiman was suspected of being involved in drug trafficking, drug abuse, and abuse of authority in enforcing drug cases.

The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has not revealed the chronology of the arrest or the development of the investigation of the case. More complete explanations will be given at the next opportunity.

Throughout 2026, the Narcotics Division of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has uncovered a number of cases involving members of the National Police in drug cases.

Investigators previously named former Bima City Police Chief Didik Putra Kuncoro as a suspect in alleged drug possession in February 2026. The case has now entered the trial stage.

A similar case was revealed again in May 2026. Investigators named the former head of the West Kutai Police Resnarkoba, Deky Jonathan Sasiang, as a suspect in a drug trafficking case involving a drug dealer network named Ishak.