7 Salemba Prison Inmates Escape, One of Them Murtala Ilyas, a 110 Kg Crystal Meth Dealer

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JAKARTA - Seven prisoners and convicts escaped from the Class 1 Central Jakarta State Detention Center (Rutan) or Salemba Detention Center. One of them is Murtala Ilyas, a drug lord.

"That's right, one of them is Murtala," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Ary Syam Indradi when confirmed, Wednesday, November 13.

Murtala Ilyas is a recidivist in a drug trafficking case who was arrested by the West Jakarta Metro Police. In that case, 110 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine were confiscated.

Based on the investigation, Murtala received the crystal methamphetamine from Malaysia. Then, it was smuggled to Aceh through a small port.

Furthermore, Murtala and his network brought the crystal methamphetamine to Jakarta to be distributed.

The Directorate of Drug Crimes at the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit also investigated whether or not there was a connection between Murtala and Fredy Pratama.

The investigation was carried out because the two drug networks used a similar method. They packaged the crystal methamphetamine using tea bags.

"That the same mode, Chinese tea, and Chinese tea. I am investigating this between Murtama Ilyas in West Jakarta and Fredy Pratama's network," said the Director of Drug Crimes at the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Brigadier General Mukti Juharsa.