Fellow DPRK Candidate Aceh Tamiang Escapes To Malaysia: Open Access To Dismantling International Methamphetamine Network

Aceh DPRK Candidate Tamiang Sofyan was led by the police/ Photo: ISt

TANGERANG The arrest of the Aceh Tamiang DPRK candidate, Sofyan, allegedly opened up opportunities for the police to uncover international drug networks. This is because the search for Sofyan's colleague, A (initials) targeted Malaysia.

According to the police, Sofyan's network has, oversees and controls the circulation of 70 kg of methamphetamine, also has a network in neighboring Malaysia.

After three of his accomplices, namely S, R and I were caught at the port of Bakahuni, Lampung, now Bareskrim Polri is hunting for other perpetrators in Malaysia.

"It's only A, he's in Malaysia. We'll send (investigators) Pak Gembong and Pak Manto to Malaysia," said Director of Narcotics Crime at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Mukti Juharsa, at Terminal 2 of Soekarno Hatta Airport, Tangerang City, Monday, May 27.

Bareskrim Polri will cooperate with the Malaysian police for an Indonesian citizen who is in Malaysia. He confirmed that he would arrest suspect A in the near future.

"Join (joining) with Malaysian police, God willing, you can, because the name has been pocketed. You don't need a red notice," he said.