Man Batak Narcotics Dealer Arrested By TPPU Law, Hundreds Of Million Money, Pajero And Rubicon Confiscated

North Sumatra Police Chief Inspector General Martuani Sormin at the exposure of the case (ANTARA)

MEDAN - The North Sumatra Regional Police (Poldasu) ensnared drug kingpin Firman Pasaribu alias "Man Batak" with the Money Laundering Criminal Act (TPPU).

"This is the second time that the North Sumatra Regional Police have used TPPU for drug crimes," said North Sumatra Police Chief Inspector General Martuani Sormin when exposing the case at the North Sumatra Police Headquarters in Medan, quoted by Antara, Thursday, February 11.

Regarding the money laundering case, the police confiscated 14 land and building certificates, airsoft guns, around IDR 500 million in cash and five units of cars starting from Xpander, Rubicon, Pajero, L300, and CRV.

"The total assets confiscated are approximately Rp. 5 billion. We will confiscate all of this for the state. Later we will transfer it to the District Court," he said.

Man Batak was arrested on Saturday, January 9 at Jalan Jenderal Sudirman Labuhanbatu Selatan. He was arrested along with two other people, KH and LY, in a car with evidence of five plastic Chinese tea bags containing crystal methamphetamine.

Officers then carried out development and arrested a man with the initials AL in Medan on Wednesday, January 13 with evidence of 22 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.

Then on Sunday (31/1), officers secured BT and FP suspects at Kualanamu Airport with evidence of one kilogram of crystal methamphetamine.

Furthermore, on Saturday (6/2), officers arrested four more people at Kualanamu Airport, namely M, MS, MCB, and MF. Of the four people, officers confiscated 1.9 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.