Police Thwart The Distribution Of Methamphetamine In Samarinda Ahead Of The New Year

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SAMARINDA - The Narcotics Satres team from the Samarinda Police, East Kalimantan, succeeded in thwarting the illicit trafficking of narcotics in the Tepian City area by confiscation of 715.35 grams of evidence of crystal methamphetamine which will be circulated before New Year's Eve.

"We found all of this evidence in AR's room, in his closet," said the Head of the Narcotics Research Unit of the Samarinda Police, AKP Rido Doly Kristian, quoted by Antara, Friday, December 24.

The disclosure began when members received information that on Jalan M Said Gang Sekar, RT 013, Lok Bahu Village, Sungai Kunjang District, drug transactions often occurred.

Based on this information, members also conducted a raid at the crime scene (TKP) and found two men with the initials AR (30) and UP (44).

After securing the two perpetrators, the officers immediately searched every corner of the house and found evidence in the form of two red crackle bags in AR's room.

In the crackle bag, there were nine white envelopes containing 896 small packages of crystal methamphetamine weighing 421.3 grams and six medium pockets weighing 294.05 grams with a total of 715.35 grams gross evidence of shabu being secured.

Based on the initial interrogation, the two perpetrators admitted that the illicit goods belonged to a person with the initials EEN. From this recognition, the development of EEN's residence on Jalan Padat Karya was carried out. The officers immediately secured EEN upon arrival at the TKP at 05.30 WITA, Friday morning.

"From the results of their investigation, they are dealers and dealers. For this EEN dealer, he ordered the goods, while the other two perpetrators were dealers," he explained.

"Indeed, this EEN is a recidivist with AR for the same case and was sentenced to 7 years in prison," he added.

When asked whether the methamphetamine would be circulated during the new year, Rido confirmed this.

"It's true, this item has been packaged in a small pocket and will be circulated during the new year. If the target is, we are still investigating the origin of the goods. This means that we continue to develop the possibility of other suspects," he said.

Meanwhile, EEN admitted that he ordered the illicit goods from Tarakan, North Kalimantan (Kaltara) and that the goods had been delivered more than 10 times.

"This item has come the umpteenth time. More than 10 times over the past year," he said.

The perpetrator said he would sell the goods only to customers he knew. Meanwhile, for his pocket, he admitted to selling it at a price of Rp. 150 thousand.

"If they order yes, it's not necessarily. Sometimes we meet in person, sometimes also via short messages, where to make an appointment. The money is for daily needs," he explained.

For this case, the suspect was charged with the article on Narcotics abuse of Group 1 type of methamphetamine as referred to in Article 114 paragraph (2) Subs 112 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 132 paragraph (1) of the Republic of Indonesia Law No. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics.