2 Indonesian Citizens Involved In The Smuggling Of 7.1 Kg Of Crystal Methamphetamine Via The Border Line, Managed To Be Thwarted By Pamtas Infantry Battalion 645

Personnel from the Pamtas Infantry Battalion (Yonif) 645/Gardatama Yudha are considering the luggage of the border crosser containing 7.1 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from Malaysia. ANTARA

PONTIANAK - Kodam XII/Tanjungpura revealed that the border security task force from the 645th Infantry Battalion/Gardatama Yudha thwarted the smuggling of 7.1 kilograms of methamphetamine from Malaysia. "The war on illicit drug trafficking is still being added to Kodam XII/Tanjungpura, and will never be stopped," said Head of Information for Kodam XII/Tanjungpura Colonel Inf. Ade Rizal Muharram in Pontianak, Antara, Tuesday, February 7. This commitment, he continued, applies to anyone. This was shown again by the RI-Malaysia Pamtas Task Force from Infantry Battalion 645/Gardatama Yudha. The task force succeeded in thwarting an attempt to smuggle methamphetamine on the border rat line in Jagoi Babang, Bengkayang. 7.1 kilograms of methamphetamine was successfully thwarted into Indonesian territory when it was to be smuggled by two Indonesian citizens in the Kayu Buluh Sector, Sekida Village, Jagoi Babang District, Bengkayang. The methamphetamine was wrapped in seven black plastic packages covered in aluminum foil. "The 7.1 kilogram shabu-shabu from Malaysia was secured by five personnel from the Sentabeng Pamtas Post SSK II Task Force Battalion 645/Gty led by Sertu Arda on Monday at around 17.52 WIB," said Ade. According to him, from the arrest, two men with the initials K and D were also arrested. Both are people from Belandak Hamlet, Jagoi Babang District, Bengkayang. "Until now, the evidence and the two perpetrators are still being secured at the Pamtas Post for further questioning," said the Kapendam.