Jambi - Jambi City Police (Polresta) thwarted the illicit drug trafficking of 200 kilograms of dried marijuana to be sent to Java by securing two perpetrators as couriers using minibuses from Riau to Java.
Jambi Police Chief Kombes Boy Sutan Binanga Siregar said the Jambi Police Narcotics Investigation Unit team uncovered and thwarted the circulation of 200 kilograms of marijuana type I which began with information received by members about vehicles passing to Jambi suspected of carrying dried marijuana.
After an investigation, finally the results of the hard work of the Jambi Police Narcotics Opsnal team arrested two suspects with the initials I and RR on Saturday (12/7) at around 20.00 WIB.
The arrests made by the team on Jalan Thaib Fachruddin RT 35, Kenali Besar Village, Alam Barajo District, Jambi City, so that from the two perpetrators who brought the car containing the dried marijuana package, the police confiscated evidence in the form of 200 packages of marijuana wrapped in brown duct tape and stored in large black sixplastics.
After that, the police also secured a car with police number BB 1569 FC, and two Android mobile phones and found a black GPS device used by the big city to monitor the journey of marijuana and the two perpetrators while on the road using a car.
"The GPS tool is stored in one of the large black plastic bags of marijuana, it is possible that the sender or dealer will use it to track down the illicit goods whether they reach their destination or not," said Police Commissioner Boy Sutan Binanga Siregar.
Evidence was found in the vehicle used by the perpetrator when it was secured. The total weight of the confiscated marijuana reached approximately 200 kilograms, which, if it is assumed that 1 gram of marijuana was used by four people, then it is estimated that as many as 800,000 people were rescued from potential narcotics abuse.
The two perpetrators I and RR are currently undergoing the investigation process at the Jambi Police Headquarters and are charged with Article 114 paragraph (2), Article 111 paragraph (2), and Article 132 paragraph (1) of Law no. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics. The threat of punishment is very severe, ranging from life imprisonment to the death penalty.
"This disclosure proves the seriousness of the National Police in eradicating drug trafficking networks, especially in the Jambi City area and we will not provide space for narcotics criminals," said Kombes Boy Sutan Binanga Siregar.
The current rampant drug trafficking, the Jambi Police appealed to the public to continue to synergize, report any suspicious activities, and participate in protecting the younger generation from the dangers of latent narcotics.
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