Police: Fredy Pratama Protected Thai Gangsters

The Release Of The Anti-Drug Task Force At The National Police Headquarters/PHOTO: Abdul Aziz Masindo-VOI

JAKARTA - The National Police's Narcotics Abuse and Circulation Task Force said Fredy Pratama was a drug kingpin who was being hunted, protected by Thai gangsters.

"He is protected by gangsters, his parents are part of a syndicate of drugs in the Thai area," said the Director of Narcotics Crime at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Mukti Juharsa at the National Police Headquarters, Friday, December 29.

The National Police are still trying to arrest Fredy Pratama through the coordination of the relevant authorities.

"We are collaborating with the Thai Police, even now we have joined BNN, Bareskrim, Customs and Excise, Thai Police, Divhubinter, Thai Customs and Interpol," Mukti explained.

Fredy Pratama is the big boss of the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand international drug syndicate based in Thailand.

Previously, the National Police Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, claimed to have arrested 884 suspects from 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 some time ago.