Courier Of Methamphetamine Network From Aceh – Martapura Arrested By Soetta Airport Police

JAKARTA - Soekarno-Hatta Airport Police have arrested four people for involvement in the narcotics type methamphetamine. The Soekarno-Hatta Airport Police Chief, Kombes Edwin Hataorang, said the four perpetrators were entangled in different cases.

From the arrests of the four suspects, the police secured at least 3.1 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and 9,984 pills of ecstasy.

Edwin revealed, the chronology of the arrests of each perpetrator. The first suspect with the initials FA was arrested in Martapura, South Kalimantan, on May 23, 2021. Edwin further said that FA was a meth courier.

arrested based on the development of the case being handled by the police.

"We have investigated the case of a narcotics delivery network controlled by a DPO with the initials S. From the results of the investigation, S will send methamphetamine from Aceh to Martapura," he said, Tuesday, August 3.

He continued, on May 23, 2021 when the police conducted an investigation in the Martapura area, they arrested FA and methamphetamine on the dashboard of his motorbike. The total amount of methamphetamine seized from the courier was 536 grams.

FA is suspected of Article 114 paragraph 2 subsidiary Article 112 paragraph 2 of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics.