The Witness Claimed To Have Been Ordered By The Former Kalibaru Police Chief To Sell Drugs, Teddy Minahasa, The Price Began At IDR 50-500 Million

The trial of a drug case with the defendant Teddy Minahasa at the West Jakarta District Court (PN), Monday (20/2/2023). ANTARA/Walda

JAKARTA - The former Head of the Kali Baru Police, North Jakarta, Kompol Kasranto, who was accused of a drug dealer case, acted as a courier for the sale of methamphetamine belonging to the defendant Teddy Minahasa. This was revealed at the trial of a drug trafficking case involving the former West Sumatra Police Chief, Inspector General Teddy Minahasa at the West Jakarta District Court (PN), Monday, February 20. "Mr. Kasranto brought the crystal methamphetamine to the front of the port fire department," said Janto as the witness presented by the Public Prosecutor (JPU) in the courtroom as reported by Antara, Monday, February 20. It all started when Janto, who was still serving as a police officer and Kasranto, who is still the Head of the Kalibaru Police, in August 2022. At that time, Kasranto received one kilogram of crystal methamphetamine which was ready to be sold. Kasranto asked Janto for help to find the person who wanted to buy the methamphetamine. "So he (Kasranto) at that time in 8 months he offered me methamphetamine. 'But please find an opponent to', he told me like that," said Janto. Janto agreed to the request. Exactly one month later a foreign number contacted Janto via WhatsApp to ask about the methamphetamine. Later, the number was discovered to belong to a prospective buyer of methamphetamine. "He (Alex) said 'there is something from the police chief? How much does it cost?'. I said 'IDR 500 million'. 'Yes, what is the form of payment?' 'I have to cash', he said Janto at trial. Finally, on September 24, 2022, Kasranto ordered Janto to take one kilogram of crystal methamphetamine into the police room. Janto took the methamphetamine and immediately handed it over to Alex in Lampung Bahari, North Jakarta. Alex immediately gave Rp500 million. The money was then taken by Janto and immediately handed over to Kasranto. Janto was given a salary of Rp. 20 million from Kasranto. The second sale, Kasranto again asked Janto to sell one ounce of crystal methamphetamine. But this time Kasranto escorted the methamphetamine to the front of the port fire office. There, Kasranto handed over the illicit goods to Janto. Janto took the item and returned to selling it to Alex for IDR 50 million. Because of this, Janto received a salary of Rp. 2,000,000. The third sale occurred again a few days later. Janto was asked to return to selling one ounce of crystal methamphetamine by Kasranto. This time the methamphetamine was not purchased by Alex but a fisherman named Nasir for Rp. 50 million. The process of handing over methamphetamine from Kasranto to Janto also took place in front of the port office. Nasir sent the payment of methamphetamine to Kasranto through an account in Lutfi's name. "Kasranto asked 'only Rp48 million has been transferred," he said. The last transaction occurred on October 10, 2022. At that time, Kasranto took the methamphetamine to the front of the port post. Janto then took the methamphetamine and handed it over to other buyers for Rp. 50 million. After the transaction, Janto and Kasranto were arrested by the Polda Metro Jaya for a drug sale case. Polda Metro Jaya investigators stated that Inspector General Teddy Minahasa had ordered his subordinates to set aside evidence of methamphetamine from the results of the disclosure of the case to be circulated. The Bukit Tinggi Police initially wanted to destroy 40 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, but Inspector General Teddy Minahasa allegedly ordered to exchange five kilograms of crystal methamphetamine for tawas. The embezzlement of drug evidence was finally uncovered by a series of disclosures of narcotics cases by the Central Jakarta Metro Police and Polda Metro Jaya. A total of 1.7 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine has been circulated. Meanwhile, the remaining 3.3 kilograms were confiscated by officers. The article alleged against Teddy is Article 114 Paragraph 3 sub Article 112 Paragraph 2 Jo Article 132 Paragraph 1 Jo Article 55 Law Number 35 Year 2009 with a maximum threat of the death penalty and a minimum of 20 years in prison.