LUBUK PAKAM - The Satresnarkoba team of the Deli Serdang Police, North Sumatra, thwarted an attempt to smuggle 21 kilograms of methamphetamine type drugs that were to be sent to Jakarta. Two men from Aceh and Medan were arrested while trying to transit in the Jalan Lintas Kota Lubuk Pakam area, Deli Serdang Regency.
The two suspects are named Rahmad (29), a resident of Garot Village, Peudada District, Bireuen Regency, Aceh, and Zulfikar (34), a resident of Belawan Bahagia Village, Medan Belawan District, Medan City.
Head of Narcotics Police Deli Serdang, Kompol Fery Kusnadi said the arrest was made on February 10, 2026 after his party received information regarding the delivery of a large amount of methamphetamine from Aceh to Jakarta.
According to Fery, the two perpetrators departed from Aceh and stopped at Zulfikar's house in Belawan before continuing their journey to Lubuk Pakam using an online transportation car.
"So, initially they (the perpetrators) were both from Aceh, then stopped at the house of the perpetrator Z in Belawan. We carried out a pursuit for several days, then they moved using an online car vehicle to the city of Lubuk Pakam," said Fery, Tuesday, February 24.
When they arrived at Lubuk Pakam and were about to transit to continue their journey to Jakarta by bus, the team immediately carried out an ambush.
From the results of the search, officers found two bags containing a total of 20 packages of methamphetamine with a total weight of 21 kilograms.
Currently, investigators are still developing to hunt down a controller whose identity has been known.
Both suspects have been named and detained at the Deli Serdang Police with 21 kilograms of methamphetamine as evidence.
They were charged with narcotics offenses with a threat of imprisonment of more than 10 years.
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