Hunting For Fredy Pratama, Red Notice Published Since July 2023

The face of drug kingpin Fredy Pratama (Rizky A-VOI)

JAKARTA - Fredy Pratama, who is the leader of one of the largest drug kingpins in Indonesia, is still being hunted. In fact, Interpol has issued a red notice in an effort to find the figure of 'Pablo Escobar Indonesia'.

"(The issuance of red notice) Since June 2023," said the Director of Criminal Investigation at the National Police Brigadier General Mukti Juharsa when confirmed, Thursday, September 14.

The figure of Fredy Pratama is slippery. Because, he uses a pseudonym every time he communicates. Of course, the goal is that the real identity is not detected

From the profiling carried out by the Directorate of Narcotics Crime, Bareskrim Polri, there are at least four pseudonyms used by Fredy Pratama, ranging from The Secret, airbag, and Mojopahit.

Even by communicating. Fredy Pratama uses unusual applications such as Blackberry Massanger Enterprise, Threema, and Wire.

In fact, it is suspected that Fredy Pratama carried out plastic surgery to trick the police.

"Yes, there is a possibility that he changed his face. Yes, we don't know about the plastic surgery, he changed his identity," said Mukti.

In hunting for the whereabouts of Fredy Pratama, the National Police cooperates with the Immigration and the Malaysian and Thai police. If detected through the official border route, the Police will immediately find out.

Based on the latest information, Fredy Pratama is said to be in the territory of Thailand.

"Yes, we also maximize it, yes, please pray for his blessing. He is not located in Indonesia abroad," said Mukti.

Fredy Pratama is the leader of one of the largest drug kingpins in Indonesia. In the last three years, his network has circulated 10.2 tons of crystal methamphetamine.