Arrest Drug Dealers, Police Members Attacked by Residents Using Swords, One Person Injured

Police officers receive treatment at the hospital after being hit by a sharp weapon while on duty/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Members of the North Jakarta Metro Police Narcotics Research Unit were stabbed during a drug raid in the Koja area of North Jakarta. North Jakarta Metro Police Chief Comr. Gidion Arif Setyawan said the victim, AKP P. Siahaan, was injured in the back by a sharp sword (katana) weapon, Thursday, February 9 2023.

"So, the North Jakarta Metro Police Satnarkoba team while carrying out a law enforcement operation in an area in North Jakarta, in Koja to be precise, was attacked", said Gidion in a statement to the media crew, Saturday 11 February 2023.

Surprisingly, when the target of the operation was caught and was about to be taken to the Police Headquarters, the police actually received attacks from residents who were suspected of being relatives of the suspects in the drug case.

"Then during the arrest process when he was taken to the Police Headquarters, one of the members was attacked by a resident", he said.

Gidion explained that the perpetrator stabbed Siahaan with a sharp katana-type weapon. The perpetrator stabbed the victim in the back causing Siahaan to suffer an injury to the back.

"The perpetrator with a sharp weapon stabbed him from behind. The wound was in his back", he said.

After being stabbed, the member of the North Jakarta Metro Police Narcotics Unit was immediately taken to the Kramat Jati Police Hospital and underwent intensive treatment by the medical team.

Meanwhile, until now the police have also pocketed the identity of the resident who stabbed the police, and are searching for the person concerned.