Confiscate 1 Kg Of Shabu, Asahan Police Arrest 3 People

DOK Polres Asahan

MEDAN - The Asahan Police confiscated 1 kg of crystal methamphetamine on Jalan Tengku Amir Hamzah, Sioldengan Village, Rantau Selatan District, Labuhanbatu Regency, North Sumatra. Three people with the initials FAR, FL, MN were arrested.

The Asahan Police Chief, AKBP Putu Yudha Prawira, said that the disclosure of drug cases began with information on the existence of a drug syndicate at the Asahan and Labuhanbatu border, February 2022.

"The officers went undercover and it was agreed that the transaction would take place on Jalan Tengku Amir Hamzah," said Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Putu, Thursday, March 24.

Arriving at the agreed location, the police then conducted surveillance. At that time, the police saw 2 suspicious men.

"When they were secured, the 2 men had the initials FAR and FL with evidence in the form of green plastic wrap which was suspected to contain narcotics of methamphetamine type," he said.

AKBP Putu explained that during interrogation, the FAR perpetrator admitted that the crystal methamphetamine was ordered from an officer who disguised himself through the perpetrator FL.

"Based on the statements of the two perpetrators, the officers carried out development and arrest of the perpetrator MN, who at that time was found to be in a workshop on Jalan Rantau Lama, Seoldengan Village, Rantau Selatan District," he said.

To the police, the perpetrator MN explained that the methamphetamine found belonged to a man with the initials HF. The perpetrator MN was ordered by HF to deliver methamphetamine to the FAR perpetrators.

"Meanwhile, the FAR perpetrators explained to the officers that initially the methamphetamine was ordered from a man with the initials IS for IDR 480 million. If the transaction is successful, the FAR perpetrators will be given wages by IS, the amount of which is unknown," he explained.

For their actions, the three perpetrators of FAR, FL and MN are suspected of Article 114 paragraph (2) Subsidiary Article 112 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 132 Paragraph (1) RI Law No. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics.