Crystal Meth Found In Kediri Prison Sewers

Evidence of white crystal is suspected of crystal methamphetamine, cell phones and ropes suspected to be smuggled into Class II-A Prison in Kediri, East Java. Antara East Java/HO

JAKARTA - Officers from the Class II-A Prison in Kediri, East Java found crystal meth suspected of being a narcotic type of crystal methamphetamine weighing 12.6 grams in a ditch. This prohibited item is suspected to be smuggled into the prison.

Head of Class II-A Kediri Prison, Asih Widodo, said the findings occurred when officers were controlling the brandgang area (the room between the outer wall and the cell or an empty room).

"The officers took control and found a package that stuck to the septic tank pipe. We immediately opened the package together," said Head of Prison Asih, in Kediri, as reported by Antara, Sunday, March 28.

He added that the contents of the package turned out to be white crystals similar to a type of crystal methamphetamine-type narcotics with a gross weight of 12.6 grams. In addition, there are also two units of cellular telephones and a four-meter-long yellow cable in the package.

After confirming that no other items were found, they were finally handed over to the police for further processing.

"We immediately contacted and submitted the findings to the Narcotics Investigation Unit of Kediri City Police," he said.

The Head of Prison suspected that the items were deliberately being smuggled into the prison. The location of the brandgang being checked is an open area, close to a public road. It is suspected that the item was thrown and fell at that location.

"The area is near a public road, so it is possible to throw items from outside the prison walls," he said.

Even though there are efforts to smuggle narcotics into prisons, his party is always on standby to carry out investigations. Members always exercise control throughout the prison area in an effort to anticipate things that are not desirable.

In recent times, Kediri Class II A prison officers have also thwarted attempts to smuggle narcotics and illegal drugs into prisons.

The mode used previously was to send food packages including throwing the item. As was successfully thwarted by officers in early March 2021, namely attempts to smuggle drugs and illegal drugs in the form of pills and crystal methamphetamine into prisons by throwing them. There are 900 roaches pills and 2.75 grams of powder suspected of methamphetamine.

The Kediri City Police also conducted intensive examinations related to the findings of narcotics that were about to be smuggled into the Class II-A Kediri Prison.

Head of the Detective and Narcotics Unit at the Kediri City Police, Police Commissioner Adjutant Subianto, said that the officers had actually carried out a tracing, but because the goods had not been received, they could not find out the owner of the goods.

"Yesterday there was no prisoner, so it is difficult to know whose property. The indication is that the goods are from outside and after the examination, generally it is broken. The chain is broken," he also said.