East Java National Narcotics Agency Arrests Drug Dealers On Surabaya-Madura Network

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SURABAYA - The East Java Provincial National Narcotics Agency (BNNP) has arrested a drug dealer with the initials WH. The 32-year-old man is known to a network of drug dealers in Surabaya and Madura.

"This WH is a resident of Simokerto, Surabaya City, and was arrested at the east door of Kapasari Pedukuhan Gang IX on Saturday, September 25, 2021, at 18.00 WIB", said the Head of the East Java BNNP, Brigadier-General M. Aris Purnomo in Surabaya, Wednesday, September 29.

When arrested, continued Aris, WH was riding a motorcycle suspected of carrying, possessing, storing, and narcotics of methamphetamine. Furthermore, the East Java BNNP officer searched the WH, and found as many as two packages of methamphetamine wrapped in white cloth, and stored in black plastic bags.

"The methamphetamine was attached to the front of the motorcycle with a total gross weight of 201 grams, each weighing 101 grams and 100 grams", he said.

The suspect WH admitted that his boss, Yasin, who is now on the wanted list (DPO) ordered him to take two packages of crystal methamphetamine from Yasin's father-in-law's house in Kapasari Pedukuhan Gang IX No.32-A Surabaya.

The package is then sent to the Sencaki Gang II area of Surabaya with a mining system. "This WH suspect admitted to working with Yasin as a courier since July 2021, and getting a wage of IDR 50 thousand for each delivery", he said.

In addition, the suspect WH admitted that Yasin had been told seven times to accept the delivery of shabu-shabu, by taking them through the mine system.