Bandung Police: Smuggling Of Methamphetamine To Lapas Using New Mode Drones

Illustration. The display of traffic flow recorded by the drone aircraft in the drone-based ETLE trial in Purwokerto, Tuesday, January 31 afternoon. ANTARA-Sumarwoto.

JAKARTA - The Bandung City Police (Polresta) stated that the attempt to smuggle methamphetamine-type narcotics to the Class IIA Ukiong Correctional Institution (Lapas), Bandung Regency, West Java, using drones was a new mode that was first revealed.

Bandung Police Chief Kombes Pol Aldi Subartono said the smuggling of 25 grams of methamphetamine failed thanks to the alertness of prison officers who immediately recorded the drone movement when entering the prison area on Sunday, June 8.

"So far, this is the first time we have used drones. Fortunately, the officers were alert when they saw the drone coming in directly in the video followed and so on, when it was dropped (his residence) and secured, it was suspected that the perpetrator," said Aldi in Bandung Regency, Wednesday, June 11, was confiscated by Antara.

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 still investigating whether this is the first time or has it repeated. But what is clear is that this is a new mode and we are developing it to reveal other perpetrators outside the prison," he said.

Aldi said that his party was working with the Baduk Prison in handling this case, including analyzing the flying points and the types of drones used.

Dronenya kabur, tapi kami sedang menalysis video yang direkam petugas untuk mengetahui dari mana drone dikembangkan dan jenis drone apa yang digunakan, termasuk jarak jarak jarakannya, kata dia.

He said the prison managed to secure evidence in the form of methamphetamine weighing 25 grams and further development is being carried out to uncover the network behind the smuggling mode using the drone.

Meanwhile, the head of the Class IIA Bandung Narcotics Prison, Ahmad Tohari, said that the incident reflected the complexity of security challenges in the prison environment.

"The mode is getting more sophisticated, but our commitment is to keep security much stronger. There is no loophole for smuggling," he said.

He added that his party continues to strengthen the security and supervision system as part of efforts to create a prison that is clean, safe, and free from illicit narcotics trafficking.