Riau Islands Police Arrest Courier Of 20 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine From Malaysia By Kayu Ship

The Riau Islands Regional Police revealed a case of drug trafficking weighing 20 kg (ANTARA/Jessica)

The Riau Islands Regional Police revealed a case of narcotics trafficking weighing 20 kg from Malaysia to be circulated in Palembang, South Sumatra.

The Head of the Riau Islands Regional Police, Inspector General Yan Fitri Halimansyah, said that in this case, one Indonesian citizen with the initials C, who brought 20 packs of methamphetamine, used a wooden boat in the waters of Behindpadang Island.

"This ship was arrested on Kasu Island, Behindpadang, which is planned to be brought to Palembang. This item has just been imported from Malaysia, entering Indonesia, monitored by the Narcotics Director at 04.30 WIB on March 21, 2024," Yan said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, April 2.

He explained that suspect C was a recidivist in the same case before.

"If this perpetrator is indeed from the results of the examination process, the recidivist of the narcotics case concerned has just been released from a narcotics prison in the Riau Islands area, but from the results of the data concerned, he has been in and out of prison twice in the same case," he said.

The Director of Drugs and Drugs at the Riau Islands Police, Kombes Dony Alexander, explained that based on the results of the examination process, suspect C already had a group to coordinate so that he could bring narcotics from Malaysia to Indonesia.

He conveyed that the economic value of 20 kg of methamphetamine was estimated at IDR 20 billion.

"With the total evidence here, we can save Indonesian citizens. If we consider it 1 gram for 10 people, yes, it could be 200 thousand people of the nation's generation," said Alex.

For his actions, the suspect was charged with Article 114 Paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 112 Paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 132 Paragraph (1) of Law Number 35 Year 2009 concerning Narcotics.

The perpetrator is threatened with the death penalty or life imprisonment or a minimum imprisonment of 5 years and a maximum of 20 years.