Polda Metro Calls Iranian Citizens Slick, Tricks X-Rays To Airport Officers Despite Carrying Drugs

JAKARTA - Iranian drug trafficking syndicates that smuggle semi-finished crystal methamphetamine in gel form are considered highly skilled. Because they were able to outwit the x-ray machine when the methamphetamine was sent from Turkey to Indonesia.

"The raw material contains 80 percent of amenfetamine but is coated with other objects, rolled up by all kinds of objects so that no x-rays are detected at the airport," said Director of Drug Investigation at the Metro Jaya Police, Kombes Mukti Juharsa, to reporters on Thursday, September 9.

In fact, said Mukti, this syndicate really understands ways to anticipate that their semi-finished shabu is not detected. In addition, they also argued to the officer that the package was food.

Therefore, it is emphasized that the disclosure of this case is the result of a long development. That is, it collects the slightest information to lead to the syndicate.

"This is purely a disclosure from below, no longer a disclosure from an x-ray," said Mukti.

In addition, the Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus said that this syndicate was very neat in its actions. However, he will not convey in detail the technical details of the syndicate's work.

The reason, it is the realm of investigation. Moreover, it is feared that other actors will imitate it.

"So there is a technique that is used to trick the existing x-rays so that they are very neatly covered," Yusri said briefly.

Previously, the police revealed a new modus operandi used by an international network of shabu-type narcotics trafficking syndicates from Iran. They smuggled semi-finished meth in the form of a gel.

In this case, two foreign nationals (foreigners) from Iran were also arrested. They have the initials BF and FS. The suspects got the semi-finished methamphetamine from his network in Turkey.

Not only smuggling, they also process the semi-finished meth until it is ready for distribution. In the processing, they use a luxury house in the Kelapa Dua area, South Tangerang, as a disguise.