Arrest 9 Narcotics Traffickers, Malang Police Securs 7.28 Kg Of Marijuana

7.28 kilograms of evidence of dried marijuana is shown at the Malang Police, East Java, Friday, March 25. (ANTARA/Vicki Febrianto)

MALANG - Malang Resort Police have arrested nine marijuana dealers operating in their jurisdiction. From the arrests, 8 people were named as suspects.

Malang Police Chief, AKBP Ferli Hidayat, said as much as 7.28 kilograms of dried marijuana evidence was secured from the disclosure of the case.

"The disclosure of this case is a form of commitment by the Malang Police to continue to eradicate narcotics crime, especially in our jurisdiction", said Ferli in Malang Regency, Friday, March 25.

Ferli explained that related to the marijuana dealer network secured by the Malang Police, the eight suspects had the initials MM, ABB, MAT, YES, HN, KB, AS, and DW. Malang Police arrested another suspect who was found in possession of methamphetamine, namely AF.

According to Ferli, in the last two weeks, the Malang Police Narcotics Unit opened seven cases with nine suspects related to possession of marijuana and methamphetamine.

"We have uncovered a total of seven cases by securing nine suspects", he said, as reported by Antara.

The evidence that was secured from the nine suspects was methamphetamine weighing 36.5 grams and dry marijuana weighing 7.28 kilograms. Of the nine suspects, seven of them are dealers and two others act as couriers.

On that occasion, Malang Deputy Chief of Police, Commissioner Rizky Tri Putra, added that the disclosure of the marijuana dealer network began with a public report received by the Malang Police.

He explained that one suspect who was first arrested was MM (41) a resident of Randuagung, Singosari District, Malang Regency, with evidence of marijuana weighing 1,017 kilograms.

Then, officers developed and secured two other suspects, namely ABB (29) a resident of Songgokerto Village, Batu City together with MAT (23) a resident of Ngaglik, Sleman Regency with 2,961 kilograms of marijuana as evidence.

The development was continued by the Malang Police and continued with the arrest of YA (22) a resident of Talangagung, Kepanjen District, Malang Regency with 1.1 kilograms of marijuana as evidence.

The suspect, HN (27) a resident of Blimbing Subdistrict, Malang City, was also secured with 1.1 kilograms of marijuana and 24.41 grams of crystal methamphetamine. In Malang City, officers again arrested KB (32) with evidence of 14.32 grams of marijuana.

Officers secured AS (35), who is a resident of Bumiaji Sub-district, Batu City, along with DW (33) a resident of Sukun District, Malang City, with evidence in the form of dried marijuana weighing 957 grams.

Meanwhile, Malang Police Narcotics Head, AKP Harjanto Mukti Eko Utomo, added that the suspects obtained dried marijuana from a network from Sumatra. The marijuana is sent using a land route with a disconnected system.

"If you look at the network above, it's a network. However, one suspect and another don't know each other. So, between regions they don't know each other because they use a disconnected network", he said.

From the results of the interrogation and development of the suspect, it is known that there is one name on the wanted list (DPO) with the initials R. He is known to have supplied marijuana which was secured by the Malang City Police some time ago.

"R is the network above it. Some of the confessions of the suspect behind this were indeed obtained from R. We are still looking for R's whereabouts", he said.

For their actions, the perpetrators were charged with Article 114 paragraph (2) sub-Article 111 paragraph (2) of the Republic of Indonesia Law no. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of IDR 10 billion.