Kudus Police Reveals Drug Circulation Controlled From Prisons

Kudus Police Chief AKBP Wiraga Dimas Tama accompanied by Head of the Kudus Police Narcotics Investigation Unit Iptu Yosua Farin Setiawan showed evidence of methamphetamine

KUDUS - Kudus Resort Police revealed a network of narcotics traffickers suspected of being operated by a prisoner from a prison in Central Java. Sumartono who rented a house in Getas Pejaten Village, Jati District, Kudus," said Kudus Police Chief AKBP Wiraga Dimas Tama accompanied by Head of the Kudus Police Narcotics Investigation Unit Iptu Yosua Farin Setiawan when announcing the arrest of methamphetamine dealers at the Kudus Police Headquarters, reported by Antara, Friday, 1 April. From the arrest of the perpetrator Sumartono on March 26, 2022 on the side of the road in Wergu Wetan Village, Kota District, Kudus, he said, evidence was found in the form of several plastic clips containing packages of methamphetamine. Bunder, Jatiluhur District, Purwakarta Regency, West Java, also still has several There is another piece of evidence in his box, Getas Pejaten Village, Jati District, Kudus. As a result, two plastic clips of narcotics in the form of crystal stones and another plastic in the form of fine powder of narcotics type methamphetamine were found. In addition, three pills of drugs suspected of being inex were found, an electric scale, and nine glass pipettes. The total amount of shabu-shabu that was secured weighed 36.55 grams. Based on the suspect's confession, he said, his actions were ordered and received wages from his friend Agus Riyanto, who is a resident of Barongan Village, City District, Kudus Regency, who is currently still working on the crime scene. serving a sentence for a similar case in a prison in Central Java. To follow up on this, the Kudus Police coordinated with prison officers and assisted in finding other evidence. addicts who order goods and arrange the location of delivery of methamphetamine to the first suspect. "In the second suspect's device, mobile banking was also found to accept transfers from the buyers," he said. For his actions, the first suspect was charged with Article 114 paragraph (2 ) or Article 112 paragraph (2) letter a of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics.

Meanwhile, the second suspect was charged with Article 114 paragraph (2) or Article 132 paragraph (2) of Law no. 35/2009 with a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison.