Polda Metro Unloads 'Pinaca' Tobacco Factory In Sentul, Indonesia's First Drug Laboratory

Kasubdit III Narcotics Polda Metro Jaya, AKBP Malvino E. Yustisia

JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya dismantled the presence of a Pinaca type of synthetic tobacco laboratory or factory (MDMP-4en) in one of the houses in the Mountain View Sentul City housing complex, Bogor Regency, West Java.

From the results of the deepening, the factory is known to be the first synthetic tobacco production site in Indonesia.

"This laboratorium or this house is the first time in Indonesia. Where it produces from raw materials to seedlings or conveys it as finished material for synthetic tobacco," said Head of Sub-Directorate III of Drugs at Polda Metro Jaya, AKBP Malvino E. Yustisia to reporters, Tuesday, April 30.

This was revealed based on the conclusions of a series of disclosures of cases of synthetic tobacco circulation. Where, the source of the group. In this group, there are five suspects with different roles. Starting from controllers, chefs, to marketing synthetic tobacco.

"From the controller and financier, then the concoctor, there were two people, the concoctor at this crime scene. Then there was 1 as Marketing and as a warehouse for storing raw materials. And the last one was a buyer of finished raw materials," he said.

This group is said to always move from place to place when in action. Of course the goal is to avoid the police.

However, specifically for houses in the Sentul area, the suspect has only rented it for a few months

"Yes, based on the suspect's statement, they have rented this house for about 6 months," said Malvino.