Fathers, Mothers And Daughters In South Kalimantan Were Involved In Extraordinary Crimes, Did Not Do Anything When They Were Arrested

Father, mother and child involved in narcotics distribution (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) of South Kalimantan (Kalsel) has succeeded in dismantling the drug trafficking network. This time, the illegal transaction was carried out by a family consisting of father, mother and daughter.

Head of the South Kalimantan National Narcotics Agency, Brig. Gen. Jackson Lapalonga, said the perpetrators controlled 3.2 kilograms of shabu-shabu and hundreds of ecstasy pills. Disclosure of cases begins with public information.

"So the three dealers arrested are a family consisting of husband and wife and their daughter," he explained in Banjarmasin, Monday, February 15, as reported by Antara.

Head of the Eradication of the National Narcotics Agency for the Province of South Kalimantan, Kombes R Prasetyo together with the Head of Investigation, Kompol Yanto Suparwito directly led the team to search for this information.

Until last Tuesday, February 9, information was obtained that two people would send shabu-shabu from Banjarmasin to Batulicin, Tanah Bumbu.

"The two RS suspects and his wife MT were intercepted when their car passed in front of the Kintap Police, Tanah Laut Regency. Assisted by police officers, the two were arrested and found three packages of crystal methamphetamine," Jackson explained.

Then from the results of the development, it turned out that the suspect's child with the initials ND was also involved in the role of storing drugs at the behest of his parents. BNNP officers immediately arrested the child at a house in Banjarbaru City.

"At the suspect's house guarded by his son, 3 kilograms of drugs and ecstasy pills were found. So the total of these disclosures was 23 packages of crystal meth weighing 3,288 grams or about 3.2 kg and 357 pink ecstasy pills," said Jackson.

From the shabu-shabu packaging in the form of green Chinese tea packs, the BNNP indicated that the illicit goods were supplied from Malaysia via the North and East Kalimantan routes with a marketing target of South Kalimantan.

When asked whether the suspect supplied drugs to mining areas which were found in Tanah Bumbu, Jackson said his team was still investigating. Considering that when the two suspects were arrested, communication with the customer immediately ended, allegedly leaking.

"What is certain is that this network seems to have been operating for a long time in Banjarmasin supplying drugs to the Tanah Bumbu area and its surroundings. The two husband and wife are also drug case recidivists," he said.

For the success of thwarting the drug trafficking, according to Jackson his party has saved 64 thousand lives from the abuse of shabu-shabu and ecstasy.