113 Kilograms Of Cannabis From Thailand Smuggled With Bed Covers To Baby Equipment

Screenshot - Head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) RI Komjen Martinus Hukom

Head of the Indonesian National Narcotics Agency (BNN) Komjen Martinus Hukom revealed that the person who smuggled marijuana from Thailand into Indonesia with the initials BN was an Indonesian citizen (WNI) who collaborated with international syndicates.

"Currently, BN is still a fugitive and it is possible that he is still abroad," said KomjenMartinus as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, August 5.

Martinus said BN's involvement in the international narcotics network was seen from 113.65 kilograms of evidence of marijuana. Marijuana is native to Thailand.

According to him, the characteristics of marijuana are very different from that of Indonesian endemic plants, which have been found by BNN in narcotics law enforcement.

"Especially with the cannabis plants originating from Sumatra Island, it is very different," he said.

BNN believes that there is involvement of other citizens or international syndicates in the marijuana smuggling case from Thailand to Liverpool, England through Indonesia.

In this case, marijuana was sent by BN from Thailand to the US and MM in Indonesia with the aim of being sent back to Liverpool, England, which was smuggled in 214 packages containing baby equipment, dust suction, and bed covers.

The disclosure of the marijuana smuggling from Thailand began with information from Customs and Excise officers at Soekarno-Hatta Airport who suspected a package sent from Thailand suspected of containing narcotics on July 24, 2024.

After coordinating with BNN, the joint BNN and Customs and Excise team found the smuggled marijuana in two places.

First, at Jaka Permai Housing, Bekasi, West Java, with 60 packs of evidence of narcotics weighing 31.88 kg which is stored in five sacks containing 10bed covers.

In the second place, the disclosure of marijuana came from the Cipinang Melayu area, East Jakarta. In that place, 154 packs of marijuana with a net weight of 81.77 kg were found, which were stored in 29 boxes containing equipment and baby equipment and 3 boxes containing dust suction.