Residents Help The RI-Malaysia Pamtas Task Force Fail To Smuggle 2 Kg Of Crystal Methamphetamine

Pamtas Task Force personnel secured a motorbike and two kilograms of crystal methamphetamine on the rat road bordering Indonesia-Malaysia, Sekayam District, Sanggau Regency, West Kalimantan Province. ANTARA/HO-Penrem 121/Abw

The Border Security Task Force (Satgas Pamtas) assisted by residents again thwarted an attempt to smuggle 2 kilograms of methamphetamine in the rat lane in the Tekam River, Sekayam District, Indonesia and Malaysia border, Sanggau, West Kalimantan. "The attempt to smuggle methamphetamine was thwarted thanks to reports from residents who helped oversee the rat road through the radar program of the anti-drug embryo," said the Commander of Korem 121/Abw Brigadier General TNI Luqman Arief in his statement in Sintang, West Kalimantan, Antara, Tuesday, August 12. Pamtas Task Force personnel received reports from the public who saw motorcyclists with suspicious movements while crossing the rat lane at the previous ambush site. After receiving the report, Luqman gave directions to the Deputy Commander of the Pamtas Task Force Yonzipur 5/ABW Captain Czi Joko Heru to immediately order the Pamtas Sei Tekam Post Team to conduct a sweep at the location mentioned by the community on Monday. "The Task Force team only found one motorbike in the water in the river. The officers immediately conducted an inspection and found two packages of methamphetamine weighing two kilograms in the trunk of the motorbike," he said. According to Luqman, the location of the discovery of two kilograms of crystal methamphetamine in the trunk of the motorcycle was not far from the location where Pamtas Task Force personnel thwarted the smuggling of 8.4 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine on Sunday (11/8). From this incident, it can be analyzed that there has been a shift in the pattern or smuggling method that has been smuggled in very large quantities of methamphetamine over 20 kilograms. "Now the smugglers are breaking up the smuggled goods in several locations that are not far from the amount of methamphetamine being broken into several parts," said Luqman. Luqman emphasized that his party will implement a new strategy for the Indonesian Army Pamtas Task Force in terms of border guarding patterns that are adjusted to the current conditions.

"We are very grateful for the active role of the community through the anti-drug embryo radar program that has been formed along the Indonesia-Malaysia border in West Kalimantan," said Luqman.