Marijuana And Methamphetamine Worth IDR 409 Billion Destroyed By West Jakarta Police

Evidence of drugs destroyed by the West Jakarta Police/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Hundreds of kilograms of evidence of methamphetamine and marijuana worth Rp409 billion was finally destroyed by the West Jakarta Metro Police. The evidence was collected from 7 drug dealers from 5 different cases.

The destruction of drug evidence was carried out using a high-temperature incinerator machine.

"The destruction of this evidence is the result of the disclosure of the West Jakarta Metro Police Narcotics Unit for the period from February to May 2023," said West Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes M Syahduddi to reporters, Wednesday, May 24.

Kombes Syahduddi detailed that the first case was revealed in the Aceh region with a total evidence of 266 packages of methamphetamine weighing 266 kilograms. Second, in the East Kalimantan region with evidence of 2 packages of Chinese tea containing 2 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.

Furthermore, disclosure in the Kelapa Gading area, North Jakarta with evidence of 19 packages of methamphetamine weighing 3.6 kilograms.

The four disclosure locations in the Bogor area, West Java with the evidence confiscated were 10 packages of methamphetamine weighing 950 grams. Finally, in the Pulo Gadung area, East Jakarta with 6 packages of marijuana weighing 2.2 kilograms.

"So the total evidence confiscated was 272 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, and 2.2 kilograms of marijuana equivalent to 409 billion," he said.

Kombes Syahduddi explained that the suspect's first mode of case was to put drug evidence into a fishing net and transported by a truck drum car. Meanwhile, the mode of the second case of drug evidence is put in the motorcycle seat.

"The third, fourth and fifth mode of case evidence of drugs was placed and stored in the house," he said.

As a result of their actions, the suspects were charged with Article 114 paragraph (2), sub-article 111 paragraph (2), sub-article 112 paragraph (2) Jo 132 paragraph (1) UURI Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics with the threat of life imprisonment or a minimum sentence of 5 years and a maximum sentence of death.