The Directorate of Drug Investigation (Dit Resnarkoba) of the Southeast Sulawesi Police (Sultra) is pursuing a supplier of cross-provincial methamphetamine dealers in Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi Province.
Director of Resnarkoba Polda Sultra Kombes Pol Bambang Sukmo Wibowo said the case began with development after the arrest of a narcotics case recidivist with the initials FR alias Oca (37), who is a resident of Makassar City.
"The FR was arrested by Sub-Directorate II of the Narcotics Directorate on Thursday (August 7), then based on FR's statement, the Directorate of Drug Research has pocketed the identity of the supplier of the methamphetamine with the initials KJ," he said when met in Kendari, Wednesday, which was confiscated by Antara.
However, his party has not been able to reveal further information, because it is still in the development stage to reveal to the root of the circulation of narcotics across South Sulawesi (Sulsel)-Sultra.
He explained that FR left Makassar Prison in 2024, then when he was released he returned to using methamphetamine and dependence, so the FR was recruited by a dealer in Makassar to be his courier.
"However, his communication was cut off (with a dealer in Makassar), then he switched to Kendari, because it was directed that he had appointed someone (KJ), and then in Kendari this started shipping goods gradually," he explained.
Bambang said, if from the information of the perpetrators of FR before being caught, he had circulated 3 kilograms of illicit goods from July to August 2025 in the Kendari City, South Konawe (South Konawe), and Konawe Regency areas.
"The modus operandi carried out by this perpetrator was for the first time in Anduonuhu, then in Ranomeeto, and then in Puuwatu, the goal was to get closer to its consumers in accordance with KJ's direction. The most consumers were directed in mining areas, in Konawe and Konsel areas, so the most strategic place was in Puuwatu," he said.
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It is known that FR was arrested by the Sub-Directorate II team of the Narcotics Directorate of the Southeast Sulawesi Police in Watulondo Village, Puuwatu District, Kendari City, on Thursday 7 August. During the arrest, the police found 977 grams of methamphetamine evidence at three different crime scenes (TKP).
The first crime scene in Watulondo Village was found as many as eight packages of methamphetamine weighing 285.30 grams, then in Wua-wua District as many as five packages weighing 507.22 grams, and Padaleu Village, Kambu District as many as five packages weighing 159.94 grams.
Based on the perpetrator's statement, he was paid Rp. 100,000 per gram of crystal methamphetamine he managed to sell.
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