Police Arrest Methamphetamine Dealers On Makassar-Kendari Network

Police arrest shabu-shabu dealers in Makassar City, South Sulawesi and Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi, Sunday, October 31 (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Police in Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi, arrested a person suspected of being a narcotics dealer of the type of methamphetamine network in Makassar City, South Sulawesi (South Sulawesi), and Kendari City.

Head of the Sub-Division of Public Information, Public Relations of the Southeast Sulawesi Police, Commissioner of Police Dolfi Kumaseh in a release received in Kendari, Sunday, said the suspect with the initials M (26) was arrested on October 30, 2021, at around 18.42 central Indonesia time on Kapten Piere Tandean Street, Baruga District, Kendari.

"The arrest of the suspect started from public information. The suspect was arrested by the Sikat Anoa Operations Investigation Team in 2021 after conducting an investigation," said Dolfi as quoted by Antara, Sunday, October 31.

He explained that during the search, which was witnessed by the local community, one sachet of methamphetamine was found which was stored in a shampoo pack of cigarettes, and a cell phone was found which was allegedly used in conducting transactions.

The police then carried out developments at the suspect's boarding house on Jalan Pandjaitan in the Wua-Wua District area, and again found four sachets stored in a jacket hanging behind the door of the boarding room.

"The total evidence that was seized was five packages of crystal methamphetamine with a gross weight of 81.56 grams," he explained.

He said the suspect entered the inter-provincial network and obtained methamphetamine from someone in Makassar City by sticking it using telephone communication and then distributing it to Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi.

"Currently, the suspect and the confiscated evidence are at the Headquarters of the Narcotics Investigation Directorate of the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police for further investigation," he explained.

The suspect was charged with Article 114 paragraph (2) subsidiary Article 112 paragraph (2) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics with the threat of a death penalty, life imprisonment, or imprisonment for a minimum of six years and a maximum of 20 years.