BANDA ACEH - The Special Team of the Aceh Police Narcotics Investigation Directorate thwarted the circulation of marijuana narcotics weighing around 50 kilograms and arrested a suspected perpetrator in Bireuen Regency.
Head of Public Relations of the Aceh Police, Kombes Joko Krisdiyanto, said the alleged perpetrator with the initials AW (58), a resident of Central Aceh Regency with a job as a farmer.
"AW and the marijuana evidence were arrested on Jalan Lintas Banda Aceh-Medan, precisely before the Kuta Blang Bridge, Kulu Village, Kuta Blang District, Bireuen Regency, on Sunday (15/2) at 02.54 WIB," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, February 20.
Joko Krisdiyanto said the evidence seized was three large white burlap sacks and one small white burlap sack containing marijuana with a total weight of approximately 50 kilograms.
In addition, said Joko Krisdiyanto, the police also seized one unit of a black Toyota Avanza minibus with the police number BL 1841 GW, one mobile phone and a copy of AW's ID card.
The middle-ranking officer of the Aceh Police said the disclosure of the narcotics crime case began with information received by the Aceh Police Narcotics Investigation Directorate (Ditresnarkoba) team on Friday (13/2).
The public information said that there would be transportation and transactions of marijuana using a minibus with the number BL 1841 GW. The minibus is from the Beutong area, Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh Province.
"From this information, the Aceh Police Narcotics Team conducted an investigation. From the results of the investigation, information was obtained that the minibus was numbered from Beutong to Bireuen Regency," he said.
The team then moved to monitor the route the minibus was traveling. On Sunday (15/2) at around 02.00 WIB, the team received information that the minibus was suspected of being in Bireuen Regency.
When passing through the Medan-Banda Aceh Highway, specifically in Kulu Village, Kuta Blang District, the team saw the minibus. The team immediately chased the vehicle until finally stopping and securing AW.
"Then the team searched the minibus and found a burlap sack covered with a black tarp. To the officers, AW admitted that the burlap sack contained marijuana," said Joko Krisdiyanto.
From the results of the preliminary examination, AW said the marijuana was taken from Beutong Ateuh, Beutong District, Nagan Raya Regency from someone with the initials Z.
According to him, the plan is that the marijuana will be delivered to the Geudong area, North Aceh Regency, to the recipient with the initials G. The team is pursuing G's whereabouts in North Aceh Regency.
"However, when the team chased G on the side of the Medan-Banda Aceh road, specifically in Geudong Village, Geureudong Pasee District, North Aceh Regency, the person concerned managed to escape and is still being pursued," he said.
Meanwhile, AW and all the evidence were secured at the Aceh Police Narcotics Division in Banda Aceh for the purpose of further investigation and investigation.
"The eradication of the circulation of marijuana type narcotics is a follow-up to the instructions of the Aceh Police Chief Inspector General Pol. Marzuki Ali Basyah as a form of commitment to realize a clean Aceh from the circulation of marijuana," said Joko Krisdiyanto.
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