Bareskrim Confiscates 'Central Indonesia' Drug Relyer Assets Worth IDR 221 Billion

The release of a drug case belonging to Hendra SabaRUdin (HS) who is a drug convict (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Directorate of Narcotics Crime, Bareskrim Polri, confiscated the assets of Hendra SabaRUdin (HS) who was convicted of a drug case. The value reaches Rp221 billion.

"Some of the money obtained from the sale of drugs is used to buy assets that we can already value Rp221 billion," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Komjen Wahyu Widada, to reporters, Wednesday, September 18.

A number of assets confiscated were in the form of various types of vehicles, namely 21 four-wheeled vehicles, 28 two-wheeled vehicles, 1 speed boat, 4 ships, and 2 ATV.

Then, there are also 44 plots of land and buildings, 2 watches of Luxury, Rp1,200,000,000 in cash and a deposit of Rp500,000,000.

The disclosure of the money laundering case (TPPU), said Wahyu, is a collaboration with the Directorate General of Pas Kemenkumham, PPATK and BNN.

Because, starting from the information provided by the Directorate General of Pas regarding the existence of prisoners in Tarakan Class II A prison who often cause trouble.

This information was followed up by conducting a series of investigations. As a result, Hendra SabaRUdin (HS) is known to still control drug trafficking even though he has been detained.

"From the results of the investigation, HS is still controlling drug trafficking in Central Indonesia, especially in North Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali and East Java, meaning that even though he is still in prison, he still has the ability to circulate drugs," he said.

The convict HS has controlled the circulation of methamphetamine from 2017 to 2024. The total circulated reached 7 tons.

The money from the circulation of methamphetamine was then disguised by HS, assisted by eight people who have now been named suspects.

"The role of the eight suspects with the initials TR, MA, SY, CA, AZ, NY, RO and AY is to manage assets and launder money," said Wahyu.

In this case, the suspects were charged with Articles 3,4,5, 6 and 10 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering and Or Article 137 letter a, b of Law No. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics & Article 55 (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code.