North Kalimantan Police Reveals Smuggling Of 20 Kg Of Methamphetamine From Malaysia, Packed In Milk Cans

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TANJUNG SELOR - Head of the North Kalimantan Regional Police (Kapolda) Inspector General Daniel Adityajaya released the disclosure of narcotics cases of the type of methamphetamine weighing 20,064.68 grams/20 kilograms (kg).

"In total there are five LPs (police reports) with a total of six suspects," said Inspector General Daniel.

The mode of drug smuggling was carried out by the perpetrators in various ways, including packing methamphetamine in a can of milk to trick the officers.

"This case of methamphetamine was successfully uncovered by a joint team from the Kaltara Police, Nunukan Police and Nunukan Customs," said the two-star general.

The Kaltara Regional Police have named three perpetrators on the wanted list (DPO) with the initials W, J and K.

The perpetrators are suspected of Article 114 paragraph 2 subsidiary to Article 112 paragraph 2 of Law (UU) Number 35 of 2009 with a minimum penalty of 5 years and a maximum of 20 years.

"The perpetrators are also threatened with the death penalty," he said.

Meanwhile, the Director of Drug Investigation (Dirnarkoba) of the Kaltara Police, Kombes Agus Yulianto, said that the modus operandi used by the perpetrators was to pack methamphetamine in a can of milk.

"This mode is a new mode, where the perpetrator tricked the officers into bringing in methamphetamine through a can of milk," he said.

"The packaging of milk cans containing methamphetamine is quite neat. No marks have ever been opened. This indicates that the perpetrators have tools for packing. Then, the palaku tricked the officers using Chinese tea packages," continued Agus.

With this disclosure, the North Kalimantan Police's Narcotics Directorate believes that there is a new mode used by the perpetrators to smuggle methamphetamine.

"There may be other modes used by the perpetrators that have not been revealed," he said.

Agus emphasized that the North Kalimantan Police's Narcotics Directorate will continue to increase cooperation with other agencies to minimize drug smuggling in the Kaltara region.

"In this case, there were three people who entered the DPO, they acted as controllers of methamphetamine from Tawau, Malaysia. The plan was for the methamphetamine to be brought to South Sulawesi (Sulsel). The perpetrator communicated via WhatsApp. If it was safe and until they were not told who they were going to meet. The perpetrators just kept them in a certain place. Then, the controller in Tawau who contacted them to take the methamphetamine," he explained.

Agus said the perpetrators acted as couriers and worked as Indonesian workers (TKI) who would return home. These perpetrators know that the items deposited were methamphetamine. They also know the risks. However, for economic needs they were forced to act as couriers," he said.