Bareskrim Polri Takes Over Drug Cases Online Taxi Drivers Of Rape In Tangerang

Bareskrim Polri/ Photo: Ari Kurniansyah/ VOI

The Directorate of Drug Crime (Dittipidnarkoba) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has taken over the handling of drug cases related to the rape incident committed by an online taxi driver with the initials FG (49), against a female passenger with the initials NG (30) in Tangerang.

It is known, in the arrest of the suspect on Sunday morning, November 23, 2025, in his rented house in Sukamaju, Cilodong District, Depok, the police found a package of methamphetamine in the perpetrator's wallet.

Dirtipidnarkoba Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Eko Hadi Santoso, confirmed the move.

"Currently, the handling of the drug case has been taken over by the Directorate of Drugs and Drugs, Bareskrim Polri," he said when contacted by the media, Friday, November 28, 2025.

Eko explained that his party had dispatched a Joint Team to investigate the connection between the drug trafficking network and the criminal acts committed by FG.

The team consisted of the NIC Task Force led by KBP Zulkarnain Harahap and KBP Awaludin Amin, as well as personnel from Sub-Directorate IV led by KBP Handik Zusen.

"The Joint Team has now secured several people suspected of being linked to a drug trafficking syndicate that supplies methamphetamine to FG suspects," he said.

He emphasized that investigators are still continuing to investigate in order to dismantle a wider network.

"The team is still developing this case in order to fully uncover the drug trafficking syndicate," he said.

Previously, the Tangerang City Metro Police arrested an online taxi driver with the initials FG (49) who was suspected of raping and molesting a female passenger with the initials NG (30). The police found a package of methamphetamine during the search.

Tangerang Metro Police Chief Kombes Raden Muhammad Jauhari said that when he arrested the perpetrator, the police found methamphetamine in the perpetrator's wallet.

The perpetrator had consumed drugs the day before raping the passenger.

Urine tests show the perpetrators are positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine, he said.