Police Arrest Drug Dealers And Secure 1 Kg Of Methamphetamine Stored In Sandbags

Banjarmasin Police press conference about arresting drug dealers and securing 1Kg of crystal methamphetamine/Photo: Antara

BANJARMASIN - Members of the Drug Investigation Unit of the Banjarmasin Police of the South Kalimantan Police found approximately one kilogram of crystal methamphetamine in sandbags, which has become a new modus operandi by traffickers to trick officers.

"It turned out that the bag filled with sand had 23 packages of methamphetamine in it with a total net weight of 992.41 grams or about 1 kilogram," said Banjarmasin Police Chief Grand Commissioner Sabana Pol Atmojo Martosumito, Friday, February 25.

The dealer with the initials AH was arrested on Jalan Veteran Banjarmasin on Friday, February 18 while conducting a shabu-shabu transaction.

Then the development was carried out until a day later, the police found evidence in a sack filled with sand in one of the shophouses belonging to AH's parents.

In addition to methamphetamine, officers also confiscated 30 pills of yellow ecstasy with the Ferrari logo with an overall weight of 11.63 grams.

Sabana admits that storing drugs in sacks filled with sand is a new method that has been revealed so far.

From the results of the disclosure, the police managed to save 14,910 people from the dangers of drug abuse if it was estimated that 1 gram of shabu could be used by 15 people and in 1 ecstasy pill it could be used for 1 person.

"The suspect continues to be investigated because he admitted that he was only ordered by someone to distribute drugs," said Sabana accompanied by the Head of Narcotics Detectives, Commissioner of Police Mars Suryo Kartiko.

He also emphasized that the war on the illicit trafficking of narcotics will continue and he hopes that the participation of the public will provide information so that the syndicate of traffickers can be revealed.