19 Kilograms of Methamphetamine Case Files Across Provinces, Arrested By West Jakarta Police Already P21

USM. suspect carrying 19 kilograms of methamphetamine caught in Kampung Rambutan, East Jakarta/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The case file for the Aceh network drug case, with evidence of 19 kilograms of methamphetamine, which was arrested at the Kampung Rambutan Terminal, East Jakarta, has been handed over by investigators from the West Jakarta Metro Police Narcotics Unit to the Attorney General's Office.

The suspect's case file with the initials USM (42), has been declared complete and has been determined by the Prosecutor's Office P21.

West Jakarta Metro Police Head of Public Relations, AKP Moch Taufik Iksan, said investigators from the West Jakarta Metro Police Narcotics Unit today handed over the USM case file, phase 2, Aceh network drugs as much as 19 kilograms.

"It has been declared complete and has been P21 by the Attorney General's Office", said AKP Taufik, Thursday, December 9.

Taufik explained that currently during the COVID-19 pandemic, the examination of suspects was carried out online.

"The suspect with the initials USM (42) is being questioned by the Attorney General's Office virtual zoom", he said.

After being handed over to the Prosecutor's Office, this case has become the responsibility of the Prosecutor's Office and soon the case will be tried.

Previously, the West Jakarta Metro Police Narcotics Unit arrested a cross-provincial drug courier (Aceh network) on Saturday, December 4.

From these arrests, officers managed to secure a perpetrator with the initials USM (42) along with 2 large bags containing methamphetamine.

The Head of Drugs at the West Jakarta Metro Police, Kompol Danang Setiyo, explained that the arrests were made after the police received information on drug shipments. Then the team investigated that the item would be carried by someone using a bus.

"After reconnaissance, our members finally received information that the perpetrator was already at the Kebon Jeruk bus terminal, West Jakarta, and was pursuing the perpetrator.

His party managed to secure the perpetrator with the initials USM (42) along with 2 large bags containing 19 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine at the Kampung Rambutan Terminal, East Jakarta.