South Sumatra Police Pockets Map of Drug Circulation Ready to Fight Traffickers

Head of Public Relations of the South Sumatra Police, Kombes Pol. Supriadi/Photo: Antara

PALEMBANG - The South Sumatra Regional Police have mapped areas prone to drug trafficking to carry out prevention and eradication of the prohibited goods.

Several areas mapped are prone to drug trafficking, such as airports, bus terminals, ports, shipping services, and other places, said the Head of Public Relations of the South Sumatra Police, Commissioner Supriadi, in Palembang, Monday, March 21.

The area mapped as prone to drug trafficking is the main concern of the South Sumatra Regional Police personnel so that if there is a possibility of a new modus operandi for the perpetrators, strict law enforcement action can be taken immediately.

“Drug dealers continue to look for new ways to distribute these prohibited items. For this reason, strict supervision of places commonly used as drug trafficking routes can narrow their space for movement along with their network in 17 regencies and cities within the South Sumatra region", he said, quoted by Antara.

He explained that by mapping areas prone to drug trafficking, the Directorate of Narcotics Investigation (Ditresnarkoba) of the South Sumatra Police together with Polrestabes and Polres ranks every week trying to make various disclosures of drug cases to ensure the younger generation is safe from the influence of these prohibited items.

Based on data on the disclosure of drug cases in the third week of March 2022, his party and the ranks managed to uncover 38 cases by securing 52 suspects.

The suspects who were arrested were 49 of them drug dealers while the other three were users.

The evidence that was secured from the suspects was in the form of 1.1 kilograms of methamphetamine, 602.78 grams of marijuana, and 45 pills of ecstasy.

With the evidence that is secured or prevented from circulating, it can save at least 7,341 children of the nation from the influence of drugs.

"Alhamdulillah, with various efforts and information obtained from the community, we continue to disclose drug cases in the South Sumatra region", said Commissioner Supriadi.