The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center Checks The Account Of The Suspect In The 3.3 Kg Of Meth Case In Mataram, Allegedly There Was IDR 700 Million Money Laundering

Suspect in the smuggling of 3.3 kg of crystal methamphetamine in Mataram (ANTARA)

MATARAM - The Mataram City Police, West Nusa Tenggara, received the results of an investigation by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) regarding the crime of money laundering (TPPU) in the smuggling case of 3.3 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.

"There are around IDR 700 million under suspicion of money laundering in the drug case", said Head of the Mataram Police Investigation Unit Elyas Ericson in Mataram as quoted by Antara, Monday, February 15.

The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center obtained these figures from tracing financial transactions belonging to Sahrul Ramdhan or Tio, who is now a convicted person in a case of smuggling 3.3 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.

Elyas said the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center results will be discussed again in the case investigation which plans to reveal the role of the suspect and the alleged article.

"What are the results of the investigation, we will tell you later", he said.

Tio, who is now sentenced to 20 years in prison and a fine of IDR 1.4 billion, a subsidiary of 6 months in prison, was previously arrested in the middle of last year for possession of 3.3 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.

From Tio's arrest, the police confiscated all of his valuables, in the form of four two-wheeled vehicles, a bank account book, a supreme wooden chair, two smartphones, a dressing table, and a couch.

Including a commercial house with a building area of 80 square meters in the Bendega area, Mataram City. The house, which was purchased in cash for IDR 585.2 million, is also thought to have been obtained from the drug business.

"We have confiscated everything because it is suspected that it was bought from selling drugs", he said.

Tio, who works as an employee of the distribution company, is indicated to have been running his illicit business since 2019. Before he was finally arrested in the middle of last year, Tio was suspected of having been distributing methamphetamine up to tens of kilograms.