The Suspect Of Smuggling Methamphetamine In Mataram Claims To Be Bribery For Prison Officers Of IDR 250 Thousand To Use Cellphones

The suspect in the smuggling of methamphetamine with the initials DH when giving a statement to the NTB BNNP investigators in Mataram, Friday (12/1/2024). (ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.)

MATARAM - One of the five suspects in the methamphetamine smuggling case under the handling of the West Nusa Tenggara Province National Narcotics Agency with the initials DH admitted that he could use a cellphone in a correctional facility after depositing Rp250 thousand to officers. "In order to use a cellphone, you have to pay Rp250 thousand. (Money) I gave it to prison officers," said DH during an examination before the NTB BNNP investigator in Mataram, quoted from Antara, Friday, January 12. The incident of depositing money to prison officials was said by DH when he was still a convict in a narcotics case in 2022. He served the sentence at the Class IIB Selong Prison. "I was released in the past nine years, using the cellphone in 2022," he said. DH admitted that the type of cellphone used while in the prison was a cell phone. "Not Android, the usual cellphone (mobile phone)," he said. The cost of being able to use a cell phone is known to DH after getting information from prisoners in prison. "You know from my friends (the inmate) in the prison," he said. He did not deny that prison officers often raided the property belonging to the inmates. If caught carrying a cellphone, the officer will confiscate and impose sanctions on the inmates. In order not to be caught, DH hid his cellphone in the toilet by packing it in plastic. Regarding how to get a cellphone, DH admitted to taking advantage of the visit schedule from the family. Suspect DH admitted that he managed to smuggle his cellphone into the prison after receiving assistance from prison officers. NTB BNNP investigator Anendi confirmed the confession of the DH suspect. His party heard DH's confession during an active investigation as a suspect in a case of smuggling 409.14 grams of crystal methamphetamine from Medan. The use of mobile phones in this prison was revealed when investigators studied the role of another suspect with the initials ZA who is still a prisoner at the Class IIB Selong Prison. Investigators named ZA as a suspect after it was revealed that he had acted as the controller of the order for narcotics type methamphetamine from Medan from inside the prison. The suspect HD is in contact and ZA is communicating via cell phone. "Yes, so the issue (use of cellphones in prisons) was revealed from the HD confession we examined today," said Anendi. The examination in this series of investigations was also carried out on ZA by applying for a loan from prisoners to the Class IIB Selong Prison. "We checked the ZA this afternoon, now we have returned it to the Class IIB Selong Prison," he said. Apart from DH and ZA, in this smuggling case, the NTB BNNP also named three other people with the initials ZS, RA, and SA as suspects. The roles of the three suspects are different. ZS and RA acted as smugglers of methamphetamine from Medan by carrying out the mode of storage in the rectum. The arrests of the two took place at Zainuddin Abdul Madjid International Airport (BIZAM). Following up on the arrests, the NTB BNNP continued a chain arrest of SA, DH, and finally ZA. Fiat penangkapan terhadap lima tersangka yang berasal dari Aikmel, Kabupaten Lombok Timur ini usai BNNP NTB menerapkan strategi "control delivery" atau pemantauan pesan. Related to this, Selong Class IIB Prison Ahmad Saepandi confirmed that his party would immediately follow up on the confession of the DH suspect. "If it is proven that there are people in our prison who do this, of course we will give strict sanctions because this is clearly contrary to our commitment to building the Shining Prison program," said Saepandi. He also said that as a form of commitment in building the Bersinar Prison program, his party supports the handling of smuggling cases that are running in the NTB BNNP investigation.

One of them, by approving the loan of NTB BNNP investigators to conduct an examination of the suspect ZA, who is a prisoner at the Class IIB Selong Prison. "Yes, indeed ZA was borrowed by investigators for examination at Mataram (NTB BNNP office). This is a form of our support in the case that is currently being processed at the NTB BNNP," he said.