Due To An Accident, The Car Carrying Drugs Worth IDR 1 Billion Was Successfully Confiscated By The Garut Police

Garut Police Chief AKBP Rio Wahyu Anggoro (left) and Garut Police Narcotics Unit Head AKP Jimmy Ridwan Sisite (right)/VIA ANTARA

Garut Police, West Java, thwarted the circulation of second aid drugs worth IDR 1 billion. This drug is planned to be circulated in the Garut Regency area but was successfully revealed by the police when the vehicle carrying goods was involved in the accident. "It is estimated that from the results of all drug sales, the suspect will get a turnover of Rp800 million to Rp1 billion," said Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Garut Police AKP Jimmy Ridwan Sisite during a press conference on the disclosure of the case at the Garut Police Headquarters, Antara, Thursday, January 12. Garut Police Satnarkoba has uncovered the case with evidence of 39 thousand pills of various types that are usually abused for the purpose of getting drunk. In addition to securing drugs, he said, his party also secured two people who brought and sold the goods, namely the initials RSR (19) and URP (24) Bandung residents who are currently detained at the Garut Police Station. "Our suspect is ensnared by the Psychotropic Law with a penalty of 15 years in prison," said Jimmy. He revealed that from the results of the initial examination, the two admitted that the drugs he brought were purchased online, then retailed in the Garut area. However, he said, his staff did not believe the confessions of the two suspects, until they finally admitted that the drug was stolen at a pharmacy in the Bandung City area. After breaking into a pharmacy, the two suspects took him to Garut for retail, but in the middle of the trip there was an accident until it was revealed that the drug was estimated at a turnover value of Rp800 million to Rp1 billion. "It turns out that these drugs were the result of stealing, when the accident occurred, the two suspects had just finished breaking into a pharmacy shop in the East Bandung area, then wanted to return to Garut to sell in retail," he said.