Circulation Of Illegal Drugs Behind IDR 531 Billion Money Laundering

JAKARTA - The National Police's Criminal Investigation Unit stated that in the case of money laundering (TPPU), the suspect DP entered 31 drugs illegally. In fact, one of them is a drug that is prohibited from circulation.

"Among the 31 drugs, one type of drug that is strictly prohibited is no longer allowed to circulate in Indonesia, called Cytotec, this is a drug for abortion", said Director of Special Economic Crimes, Brigadier General Helmy Santika, to reporters, Thursday, September 16.

The drugs were distributed to various pharmacy stores. The suspect's prohibited actions have also been carried out from 2011 to 2021.

"So this is not a fake drug, this is the original medicine. What's wrong is how to put it in and then sell it, he doesn't have a permit and so on", said Helmy.

Even though they have uncovered money laundering offenses, continued Helmy, his party will develop the case. The goal, to catch the big boss of the circulation of these drugs.

"This is included in our more in-depth investigation, what is clear is that the Money Laundering suspect is DP's brother", said Helmy.

It was previously reported that the National Police's Criminal Investigation Unit revealed a criminal case of money laundering originating from illegal drug trafficking. In this case, the amount of money confiscated was IDR 531 billion by naming a suspect.

"From a search of the accounts in question, there are 9 banks. We can trace that there is IDR 531 billion that we can confiscate", said the National Police's Criminal Investigation Officer, Komjen Agus Andrianto.

The suspect, in this case, has the initials DP. The disclosure of this case began with the investigation of a Mojokerto resident who died from taking drugs.

Therefore, an investigation was carried out and led to the suspect DP. He is the supplier of these illegal drugs.

"So an investigation was carried out, to the actors rather than those who illegally imported drugs from outside. Then circulated them", said Agus.