Not Money, This Mother In Malaysia Sends Haram Packages To Her Child In Sumenep, East Java

Illustration-Director of Drugs and Drugs at the Central Java Police, Kombes Lutfi Martadian, showing evidence of methamphetamine sent from Malaysia (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Directorate of Drug Investigation of the Central Java Regional Police (Polda Jateng) has revealed another shipment of methamphetamine from Malaysia to Madura, East Java.

Sadly, this drug package was sent by a mother to her child in Sumenep, East Java.

Director of Narcotics Investigation of the Central Java Police, Kombes Lutfi Martadian, said the amount of narcotics seized was 342 grams and was sent using a freight forwarder through the Port of Semarang.

"From the cooperation with the Semarang Tanjung Emas Customs and Excise, it is known that the narcotics smuggling attempt was made," he said in a press release, Antara, Semarang, Tuesday, September 14.

According to him, the methamphetamine was directed at a brother and sister in Sumenep, East Java. The perpetrators in this case have the initials MY (26) and ASH (18).

For his actions, the two suspects were charged with Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics. Throughout 2021, the Central Java Police together with Tanjung Emas Customs and Excise have thwarted at least three attempts to smuggle methamphetamine from Malaysia.

The shipment of illicit goods from Malaysia through the Port of Semarang uses the same method, namely through goods delivery services.