PADANG - The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) of West Sumatra (Sumbar) arrested four people suspected of being cross-provincial drug dealers with evidence of 150 kilograms of marijuana in Agam Regency.
"Our perpetrators were arrested after receiving information from the public about the alleged illegal circulation of narcotics," said the Head of the West Sumatra Provincial BNN, Brigadier General of Police Ricky Yanuarfi in Padang City, Thursday, May 14.
Ricky said the arrest of the four suspects, each with the initials MI, DR, A, NLP, occurred on Sunday, May 10, 2026, precisely in Nagari Koto Rantang, Palupuah District, Agam Regency.
He said that after the arrest of BNN, he could not immediately convey it to the public because the case was still in the investigation stage, or further development so that it could only be conveyed on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
From the follow-up investigation, BNN obtained other information that the perpetrator with the initials MI was a financier, and bought hundreds of kilograms of marijuana in the Mandailing Natal area, North Sumatra to be sold or taken to Ranah Minang.
One day before the arrest, the BNN West Sumatra team first mapped the perpetrators, including spying on their whereabouts in Bukittinggi City. From the surveillance, the officers suspected that the perpetrators would smuggle narcotics from North Sumatra to West Sumatra.
From the results of the search for the perpetrators, the BNN West Sumatra narcotics eradication team found seven white sacks covered with blue plastic containing 150 kilograms of marijuana.
In addition, officers also seized seven mobile phones, two four-wheeled vehicles and one gray handbag from the perpetrators. For their actions, the perpetrators were charged with Article 114 Paragraph (2) Jo Article 115 Paragraph (2) Jo Article 111 Paragraph (2) Jo Article 132 Paragraph (1) of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics.
In addition, the perpetrator is also threatened with Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code and Law Number 1 of 2026 concerning the Adjustment of Criminal Law with the death penalty, or life imprisonment and a maximum fine of Rp. 10 billion.
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