Sabu Dealer From Lombok Will Be Impoverished, His Property Will Be Confiscated By The State

Dirresnarkoba Polda NTB Kombes Pol Helmi Kwarta Kusuma Putra Rauf / Antara

MATARAM - The assets belonging to a suspected methamphetamine dealer from Gunungsari, West Lombok Regency, with the initials DP (32), who were arrested by the Operational Team of the Drug Investigation Directorate of the West Nusa Tenggara Police, are in danger of being confiscated entirely by the state.

Director of Drug Investigation of the West Nusa Tenggara Police, Kombes Helmi Kwarta Kusuma Putra Rauf, said the threat of confiscation was in accordance with the instructions of the Head of the Criminal Investigation Agency (Kabareskrim) of the Indonesian National Police.

"Today, all directors in 34 provinces received direct instructions from the Police Criminal Investigation Unit to impoverish drug dealers. So in this case, the dealers must be impoverished, the case is one of our main targets," Helmi said in Mataram, Friday, December 17.

The instruction, explained Helmi, reflects on the success of the National Police Headquarters in revealing allegations of money laundering from the confiscation of property belonging to drug dealers.

In the period 2002-2021, the National Police Headquarters confiscated assets belonging to drug dealers who were suspected of being the proceeds of money laundering worth Rp. 338.89 billion.

The largest value came from the confiscation of assets belonging to a drug dealer with the initials ARW who is currently serving a life sentence at the Nusakambangan Penitentiary.

The 54-year-old drug dealer was arrested in 2017 in Denpasar, Bali, with 20,000 ecstasy pills as evidence.

From the confiscation of his valuable assets in the form of land and commercial buildings, a figure of IDR 294.9 billion was collected plus a deposit of IDR 3.6 billion.

In an effort to impoverish drug dealers, Helmi ensured that his party would cooperate with the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), as was the previous step carried out by the NTB Police Narcotics Directorate.

Previously, investigators from the Narcotics Directorate of the NTB Police had previously handled six cases of money laundering (TPPU) originating from the development of the main drug case.

Because the quantity of handling is quite high, Investigators from the Narcotics Directorate of the NTB Police also have access to direct coordination with PPATK to provide assistance in handling each case.

"So there is no mercy for drug dealers. We have zero tolerance for drugs," he said.

A suspected drug dealer with the initials DP was arrested in the early hours of Friday, December 17, in the Kuta Mandalika area, Central Lombok Regency.

From the arrest of the man suspected of taking illegal goods from Malaysia, the police found 2 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine in his home behind the Kebon Roek Market, Ampenan District, Mataram City.

The drug case is currently under investigation. The perpetrator has been named a suspect who faces the death penalty.

"Later on, while the main case is running, the money laundering offences will follow," he said. Reported by Antara.