JAKARTA - The Pademangan Police, North Jakarta, arrested a man with the initials D who was suspected of being a courier who was going to pick up a package containing a type I narcotic drug with a weight of more than three kilograms at an expedition office in the Cipinang area, Jatinegara, East Jakarta (Jaktim).
"This perpetrator was arrested while picking up a package of drugs sent from Medan, North Sumatra, to be handed over to another perpetrator named Juki before being distributed to a number of locations in DKI Jakarta," said Pademangan Police Chief Kompol Imanuel Sinaga accompanied by Kanit Reskrim AKP Muhaiyin Ikhsan, Wednesday.
Based on the information, he said, the perpetrator admitted that he had committed the crime for the first time, and he was ordered by the perpetrator who was still being pursued by the name Juki to pick up the package of illegal goods at the specified expedition office.
"The perpetrator has not been promised money to take the goods that were sent by land," said Imanuel.
He explained that the arrest of the perpetrator began on Monday, February 9, 2026 at around 10.00 WIB, when officers received information about the circulation of narcotics using an expedition service.
The officer then coordinated with the expedition party, and it was true that there was a package from Medan with a destination in Cipinang Cempedak, Jatinegara.
Then at around 14.00 WIB, officers went to the expedition office in the Cipinang area to find out who received the package. At 16.30 WIB, a man entered the expedition office, then came out carrying a package suspected of being marijuana.
"Officers immediately arrested the perpetrator and took the perpetrator to the Pademangan Police, North Jakarta, for further interrogation," said Imanuel.
Officers seized evidence in the form of three plastic bags containing 1,027.8 grams, 1,021.7 grams, and 1,000.8 grams of marijuana, as well as one styrofoam box, one motorcycle unit, and a mobile phone.
The perpetrator was charged with Article 114 paragraph (2) of Article 111 paragraph (2) of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 35 of 2009 concerning narcotics, with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
"We continue to develop to capture the perpetrators of Juki and the network above it," said Imanuel.
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