Police Hunt For Methamphetamine Smuggling Operators Using Drones To Jalekong Prison Bandung

Illustration of drones. (Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Police are hunting for the perpetrators who operate drones in an effort to smuggle methamphetamine-type narcotics to the Class IIA Baduk Penitentiary (Lapas), Bandung Regency, West Java.

Bandung Police Chief Kombes Pol Aldi Subartono said this case was a serious concern because it used a new mode, namely sending 25 grams of methamphetamine into prisons with the help of drones.

"We are pursuing the perpetrators who operate this drone. Therefore, our visit here at the same time sees the situation and so on, conditions around the prison," said Aldi in Bandung Regency, Wednesday.

Aldi explained that the incident occurred on Sunday, June 8, when Lapas officers saw drones entering the prison area and immediately quickly documented their movements.

The drone then dropped a suspicious object which after being examined by prison officials, was proven to be a type of methamphetamine narcotic.

The drone immediately fled, but we are analyzing the video recorded by the officer. We study flight points, drone types, and flight range," said Aldi.

According to him, the perpetrator named Alvi Muhammad (29) is a prisoner in a narcotics case who has been convicted.

From the results of the examination, the perpetrator admitted to ordering the methamphetamine through social media by transferring money to outsiders who then sent goods via drone.

"We are pursuing the alleged perpetrator from outside, we are continuing to pursue him. Meanwhile, we inform that suspect A is also a narcotics case prisoner and has been sentenced," he said.