Riau Police Destroy 276 Kg of Methamphetamine from Malaysia

Riau Deputy Police Chief Brigadier General Kasihan Rahmadi and Head of Public Relations of Riau Police Grand Commissioner Pol Sunarto during the destruction of 276 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine. (ANTARA/Annisa Firdausi/23)

PEKANBARU - The Riau Pekanbaru Police destroyed 276 kilograms of methamphetamine as evidence of an international drug network that was successfully thwarted on Rambutan Street, Pekanbaru, some time ago.

All of these illicit items are destroyed by soaking them in boiling water mixed with a cleansing liquid. Several Main Riau Police Officials participated in the extermination of methamphetamine.

In addition to methamphetamine, four perpetrators were also arrested in this case and one other person was shot dead by officers because he tried to run over the police with a car.

Riau Deputy Police Chief Brigadier General Kasihan Rahmadi explained the suspect's mode of smuggling methamphetamine using a pick-up truck covered with coconuts to trick officers.

"14 sacks containing methamphetamine with a total weight of 276 kilograms were found. A Colt L-300 car, a Kijang Innova and several other pieces of evidence were also confiscated", Rahmadi explained.

This arrest, said Rahmadi, is estimated to have saved 2,760,000 lives from the dependency and dangers of drugs.

"The four suspects face the death penalty through Article 114 paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 112 paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 132 paragraph 2 of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning narcotics", he concluded.

Most of the methamphetamine originating from Riau comes from Malaysia and is smuggled by the sea in the waters of Bengkalis and Dumai. After the illicit goods arrived in Riau, they were then distributed by the syndicate throughout Indonesia.

"Therefore, we continue to intensify patrols and law enforcement to eradicate this drug distribution", concluded the Deputy Chief of Police.