Samarinda Police Unload Drug Syndicate Involving Prisoners

Samarinda Police Chief Kombes Hendri Umar while chairing a press conference at the Samarinda Police Headquarters, East Kalimantan, Tuesday (4/2/2025). (ANTARA/Ahmad Rifandi)

Samarinda City Police (Polresta) has again dismantled a drug trafficking network in its area, by uncovering a syndicate involving inmates at the Class IA Samarinda Detention Center (Rutan).

Samarinda Police Chief Kombes Hendri Umar explained that the disclosure of this case began with the arrest of a man with the initials H in Samarinda. From H's hands, Satreskoba officers found evidence of methamphetamine weighing 10.69 grams gross.

"From H's arrest, we carried out further developments. As a result, it was revealed that H had received an order from someone in the Samarinda Class I Detention Center," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, February 4.

According to the Chief of Police, H was ordered by a prisoner with the initials HW. HW is listed as a prisoner who is serving a sentence at the Samarinda Detention Center.

The Samarinda Police Satreskoba then coordinated with the Samarinda Class I Detention Center to conduct further investigations.

As a result, HW was secured along with a cell phone that was allegedly used to communicate in regulating drug trafficking.

"From the results of the development, it turns out that HW also received the supply of illegal goods from other inmates with the initials W (42)," continued the Police Chief.

They were charged with Article 114 paragraph (2) Subs Article 112 Paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 132 paragraph (1) of Law Number 35 Year 2009 concerning Narcotics.