Police Hold Investigations To Prevent Cocaine Smuggling Into Indonesia

Director of Narcotics Crime (Dirnarkoba) Bareskrim Polri Brigadier General Krisno H Siregar. ANTARA/Laily Rahmawaty/am.

JAKARTA - The Director of Narcotics Crime (Dirtipidnarkoba) of the National Police Criminal Investigation Department Brigadier General Krisno H. Siregar said the National Police carried out an investigation to prevent and uncover the cocaine smuggling network that has begun to increase in recent years.

"We admit that there is an increase in cocaine smuggling into Indonesia. We are conducting an investigation to uncover the network," Krisno said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, July 21.

The smuggling of cocaine into Indonesia by dumping cocaine into the sea or waters has occurred in several areas in Indonesia, such as 36 kg of cocaine found in the waters of Anambas Regency on Friday (1/7). Previously, in early May 2022 TNI officers found 179 kg of cocaine in the waters. Sunda Strait after following up on intelligence information related to allegations of drug smuggling through Bakauheni-Merak Port.

According to Krisno, the modus operandi of dumping cocaine in the sea or waters does not only occur in Indonesia, but also in several other countries.

Based on data from the National Police's Criminal Investigation Directorate, Indonesia is not a destination country for illicit cocaine trafficking in the world because the most common types of drug abuse are marijuana, methamphetamine, MDMA (ecstasy pills), and other psychoactive substances. Police have held meetings with a number of countries to discuss the smuggling issue.

"The National Police, in this case the Director of Drugs and Crime, the National Police, have held meetings with other countries to discuss the findings," he said.

Regarding the cocaine finding in Anambas waters, the Riau Islands Police destroyed 48,473.1 grams of cocaine. This item was found on the coast of the Anambas Islands, Riau Islands by boiling boiling water.

Investigators of the Anambas Police Narcotics Unit and the Riau Islands Police's Narcotics Directorate have received assistance from the National Police's Criminal Investigation Department to investigate the origin and possession of the narcotics evidence. with a modus operandi that is still under investigation.