South Kalimantan Tanah Bumbu Police Reveals Case Of Delivery Of 70.5 Kg Of Illegal Drugs

ANTARA/HO-Satresnarkoba Polres Tanah Bumbu

Member of the Narcotics Investigation Unit of the Tanah Bumbu Police, South Kalimantan Police, dismantled the plan to send 70.5 kilograms of illegal drugs from Banjarmasin.

Head of the Narcotics Investigation Unit of the Tanah Bumbu Police, Iptu Anang Setyawan, said officers received information on the narcotics trafficking on Saturday (13/1).

"The drugs come from Banjarmasin and will be sent to Kotabaru Regency by road by truck," Anang said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, January 17.

Based on the information received, the Tanah Bumbu Police deployed Intelkam and Buru Sergap (Buser) members for investigations at several access points to Kotabaru Regency.

Finally, a member of the Drug Investigation Unit suspected that one of the people from Kotabaru with the initials HA (35) on Jalan Pelabuhan Ferry, Batulicin Village.

Anang said the man was from Banjarmasin to Kotabaru using a truck.

During the search, members of the Tanah Bumbu Police found 120,000 white pills containing carisoprodol narcotics wrapped in plastic weighing 69.6 kg which were stored next to the driver.

Furthermore, the Tanah Bumbu Police Narcotics Satresnal Team developed the findings by bringing the suspect HA to show another network in the Kotabaru area.

From the results of this development, members of the Tanah Bumbu Police arrested suspect HM (34) from Kotabaru with evidence of 1,700 pills or 986 grams of carisoprodol-type narcotics on Sunday (14/1).

"Now we have named the two perpetrators as suspects for criminal acts of narcotics abuse," said Anang.