Disclosure Of Drug Cases Throughout 2023, National Police Chief: Evidence Worth IDR 12.8 Trillion Confiscated

National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo. (Rizky- VOI)

JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo explained the achievement of the disclosure of drug cases for the period 2023. As a result, 31,415 cases were resolved and confiscated evidence worth Rp. 12.8 trillion.

"The National Police managed to resolve 31,415 cases or 79.7 percent of the total 39,398 cases in 2023," said Sigit during a year-end release (RAT) at the National Police Headquarters, Wednesday, December 27.

Of the tens of thousands of narcotics trafficking cases, a number of evidences in the form of drugs were confiscated. If accumulated the value reaches Rp. 12.8 trillion.

"From the settlement of the case, evidence that can be confiscated is worth Rp. 12.8 trillion or about 7.5 tons of marijuana, 22,029 stems of marijuana trees, 11.5 kilograms of cocaine, 1.5 million ecstasy, 6.1 tons of crystal methamphetamine, 105 kilograms of gorilla tobacco," he said.

Not only evidence, from this case investigators also confiscated assets belonging to the suspects. The amount is more than Rp. 400 billion.

"The National Police has also succeeded in tracking tracing assets worth Rp401.14 billion from the perpetrators," he said.

Meanwhile, from the confiscated evidence, Sigit emphasized that the National Police had saved 35.7 million lives from narcotics snares.

The former Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police said that one of the major drug cases that had been uncovered was Fredy Pratama's international network.

In that case, Bareskrim Polri claimed to have arrested 884 suspects in the Freddy Pratama network from 2020 to 2023.

"If accumulated from 2020 to 2023, the National Police managed to arrest 884 suspects in the Freddy Pratama network and we implemented a TPPU with a value of Rp. 349.07 billion," said Sigit.