Smuggling Methamphetamine In Sandals, 3 Inmates In Cianjur Don't Accept Eid Remission

Head of Class IIB Cianjur Prison, West Java, Tomi Elyus. (ANTARA/Ahmad Fikri). (Ahmad Fikri)

BANDUNG - Class IIB Penitentiary in Cianjur, West Java, ensured that the three inmates involved in the attempt to smuggle methamphetamine into prisons would not receive remission for Eid Al-Fitr 2024. Head of Cianjur Prison Tomi Elyus said that around 750 inmates will receive remissions to coincide with Eid al-Fitr, where the discounts obtained start from 15 days to 60 days. "Currently, the three inmates involved in the methamphetamine drug smuggling attempt have been placed in cell staff in the Cianjur Prison environment, so they will not receive remissions like hundreds of other inmates," said Tomi in Cianjur, Antara, Monday, April 8. Because they were involved in the smuggling of methamphetamine in sandals, the three suspects DN, DZ and R are still undergoing further investigation from the Cianjur Police Narcotics Unit. Even after undergoing an examination from the Police, the three of them will be transferred to the Prosecutor's Office for additional punishment. After it is confirmed that they will receive additional punishment at the Cianjur District Court, they will be transferred to another prison because the Cianjur Prison is not a maximum prison, especially at this time the Cianjur Prison is experiencing excess inmates. "They will later be transferred to prisons outside Cianjur due to various considerations," he said. As reported by the Class IIB Cianjur Prison, thwarting the efforts of inmates who wanted to smuggle packages of methamphetamine and illegal drugs into prisons by hiding them in sandals to trick officers. Head of the Cianjur Muarif Prison Security Unit (KPLP), said the smuggling was revealed when an inmate on behalf of Rian entered the visiting room, but after receiving the guest he seemed nervous. "His movements were suspicious, so the officers continued to monitor him, after receiving guests in Rian's visiting room, he did not return to his cell but went back and forth in front of the visiting room, so the officers' suspicions were getting stronger," he said. The officer also found irregularities when he noticed that the sandals worn before entering the besuk room were different from the one he was wearing when he left, so the officers immediately checked the perpetrators who were known to have changed sandals with the visitors.

The inmates, who had been languishing for a year at the Cianjur Prison, were taken to the security post for questioning, in front of Rian's officers admitted that they along with the other two inmates had exchanged sandals which were previously given by the visitor on behalf of their friend L.