NTB Police Reveals Smuggling Of 4.9 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine And 5,000 Ecstasy Pills At Motorcycle Machine Boxes From Aceh

Police officers accompanied the suspect in smuggling methamphetamine and ecstasy pills from Aceh when issuing drug packages in a box of two-wheeled vehicles (ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.)

MATARAM - The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Regional Police revealed a case of alleged smuggling of 4.9 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and 5,000 ecstasy pills.

Director of Drug Investigation at the NTB Police, Kombes Deddy Supriadi, said that his party in handling this case had named MR (49) from Aceh as a suspect.

"We have detained the suspect from Aceh," said Kombes Deddy as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, October 23.

He conveyed that the detention of this suspect refers to the alleged violation of Article 112 paragraph (2) and/or Article 114 paragraph (2) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics.

Deddy explained that the handling of this case was first revealed from the follow-up information in the field that there was a package of shipments in the form of a two-wheeled Yamaha NMax vehicle from Aceh which allegedly included a drug package.

The package was sent from Aceh by land and arrived at Lombok Island via Lembar Harbor, West Lombok Regency.

"So, MR is the recipient, and according to the information, the sender is a different person with the initials B from outside NTB," he said.

Based on this information, the police conducted field surveillance and found the characteristics of the shipment package coming from Aceh.

By implementing the "Controlled Delivery" strategy, namely waiting for the recipient to pick up the package, the police then arrested MR with evidence of drugs hidden in the two-wheeled vehicle package.

"For methamphetamine wrapped in 13 plastic clips. Methamphetamine was found in a vehicle engine box with thousands of ecstasy pills," he said about the arrests ahead of the Mandalika MotoGP event in mid-September 2024.

His party strongly suspects that this drug will be circulated during the 2024 MotoGP event. "Because the time period for the arrest is ten days before the MotoGP event in Mandalika takes place," said Deddy.

From the results of the examination, MR acts as a courier who will get a salary of Rp. 25 million from B, when the goods have arrived at the customer. The goods are sent complete with STNK and BPKB.

"So, the motorbike has not been used and given to the recipient. Because once MR received the package, we immediately secured it," he said.