Impromptu! Dozens Of Drug Dealer Convicts Moved To Nusakambangan

Drug convicts were transferred from Class 1 Semarang Prison to Karanganyar High Risk Prison, Nusakambangan, Cilacap, Wednesday (11/5/2022). (ANTARA/HO-Semarang Prison)

SEMARANG - A total of 11 drug convicts were transferred from the Class 1 Correctional Institution (Lapas) Semarang to the Karanganyar High Risk Prison, Nusakambangan, Cilacap, early Wednesday, May 11.

Head of Class 1 Semarang Prison Tri Saptono, said the transfer was deliberately carried out suddenly. The transfer of the 11 convicts was carried out under the strict supervision of prison officers and the police.

Tri explained that the transfer of prisoners with the status of drug dealers is one of the efforts to break the chain of narcotics circulation, especially in prisons.

"We are also not playing games. We will send drug dealers to prisons with the maximum super-security level," Tri said in a press release in Semarang, reported by Antara, Wednesday, May 11. sentence of 5 to 17 years.

The transfer is also an effort to minimize disturbances to security and order in prisons. He emphasized that the Class 1 Semarang Prison is committed to combating drug trafficking.