BANGKALAN - Bangkalan Police, East Java thwarted the circulation of 1 kilogram of methamphetamine by Indonesian Migrant Workers from the region from Malaysia.
"The PMI carrying this drug has the initials SA (39), a resident of Tagungguh Village, Tanjung Bumi District," said Bangkalan Police Chief AKBP Febri Ismanjaya as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 28.
He said the arrest of the perpetrators began with information submitted by the public to the institution.
The officers then carried out an investigation by deploying a team of drugs, Criminal Investigation Unit and intelligence from the Bangkalan Police.
From the search for members of the Bangkalan Police Satreskoba, it led to SA, a resident of Tagungguh Village, who was still on his way back to Bangkalan from Malaysia where he worked.
"After getting the identity of the suspect, members followed the bus that was taken, only after the Suramadu bridge was stopped for searches and arrests," said Febri.
During the search, evidence was found of about 1 kilogram of crystal methamphetamine in two packs each with a gross weight of 507 grams and 508 grams stored in the suspect's bag.
"The suspect admitted that the item belonged to R (DPO), he brought it from Malaysia in exchange for Rp. 50 million if he succeeded in delivering the illicit goods," he said, explaining.
To the police, the suspect admitted to smuggling class 1 narcotics by sea.
He was willing to travel for 10 days to avoid being checked by officers at the airport.
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For his actions, the suspect was charged with Article 114 paragraph (2) subsidiary to Article 112 paragraph (2) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics.
The case of drug trafficking with 1 kilogram of evidence as thwarted by the Bangkalan Police is the second time in the last two years.
Previously in December 2023, the Bangkalan Police also revealed drug trafficking with the suspect with the initials BS (39) from Ketapang, Sampang Regency.
The methamphetamine from the Malaysian network was sent from Pontianak, through the services of an expedition in Bangkalan Regency.
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