Bareskrim Polri Reveals 3 Foreigners Owners Of Drug Laboratorys In Bali

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The Directorate of Narcotics Crime, Bareskrim Polri, revealed three foreign nationals (WNA) who were involved in controlling a secret drug laboratory (cLANDestine lab) in a villa in the Tibubeneng area, Badung Regency, Bali.

The Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Komjen Wahyu Widada, said that the two suspects were the twin brothers of Ukrainian foreigners named Ivan Volovod (31) and Mikhayla Volovod (31). Another Russian foreigner, Konstantin Krutz (KK), but there is one more Indonesian suspect with the initials LM.

The three foreigners made the villa they rented for 24 years and 8 months into a clinicalestine location for a hydroponic marijuana laboratory and a hydro-Indonesian network mephedrone.

Wahyu explained that the investigation attempt to uncover the case was carried out for almost two months when there was a DPO Bareskrim related to a network in Sunter, North Jakarta with the initials LM who fled before being arrested at the factory site. LM itself is a drug network Fredy Pratama.

After an in-depth investigation by a joint team of the Directorate of Drug Crimes at Bareskrim Polri, Jakarta Customs Office, Bali Customs, Bali Immigration, Bali Police Narcotics Directorate and Badung Police, Bali, finally the suspect LM was found to have fled to Bali. In Bali, LM is affiliated with foreigners from Russia and Ukraine.

"Two Ukrainian citizens IV and MV act as controllers of the clinicalestine laboratory at the villa in Badung Bali. They are also the producers," he said.

In addition to the four suspects, the police are also still looking for two whereabouts of the two perpetrators of RN and OK who are Ukrainian citizens.

The disclosure of the case was based on tracing drug packages controlled by LM.

"Our team found strong evidence in the form of documentation of the travel package of precursorclandestine chemicals from the Sunter laboratory to Bali," said Wahyu.

Wahyu said that the officers traced four locations for the delivery of chemicals, one of which was the drug factory in North Kuta which involved Ivan, Mikhayla, RN, OK, dealer Konstantin and also LM.

Therefore, the team of the Dittipidnarkoba Bareskrim Polri then carried out joint operations with the ranks of the Directorate General of Central Customs, Soetta and Bali Airports, Bali Immigration Regional Office, Bali Police Narcotics Directorate and Badung Police.

As a result, the joint apparatus found the location of the suspects and conducted a search of a drug factory at a villa in North Kuta on Thursday (2/5). During the raid, two brothers Ivan and Mikhayla were arrested along with evidence of growing 9.8 kilograms of hydroponic marijuana and 437 grams of mephedrone.

There are also hundreds of kilograms of various types of precursor chemicals for the manufacture of methamphedrone and hydroponic marijuana, as well as various kinds of laboratory equipment for the manufacture of mephedrone and hydroponic marijuana. The suspects transformed the villa they lived in into a drug factory.

"The hydroponic marijuana laboratory and the production of Mephedrone are carried out in the basement of the villa which is designed by the suspects," he said.

After that, officers arrested LM who rented a boarding house in Setan, South Denpasar on Thursday (2/5).

From the suspect LM, the joint team confiscated 6 kilograms of marijuana.

"This NGO plays a role as a warehouse person, courier and operator in Bali (former prisoner) who previously only played the role of drug network account holder Fredy Pratama," said Wahyu.

After that, the officers arrested Konstantin who was in charge of distributing drugs from factories in villas in Tibubeneng Village, North Kuta, Badung Regency. The Russian man marketed drugs through a hybrid network.

From the suspect Konstantin, officers confiscated evidence in the form of 382.19 grams of marijuana, 484 92 grams of hashish, 107.85 grams of cocaine, and 247.33 grams of mephedrone.