Officers Scenes The Smuggling Of Drugs Worth Rp. 13 Billion At Soetta Airport, Perpetrators Are Threatened With Death Sentences

Press conference narcotics/ Photo: Jehan/ VOI

TANGERANG - The Main Service Office of Customs and Excise Type Customs (KPUBC TMP) C Soekarno-Hatta and the Dittipid Narcotics Bareskrim Polri thwarted the smuggling of crystal methamphetamine-type drugs weighing 3,072 grams of the International network worth Rp13 billion. The Head of Customs and Excise at Soekarno Hatta Airport, Gatot Subowo, the evidence that was secured was the result of the disclosure of the case from December 2022 to February 2023. The seven perpetrators who were arrested by his party together with the police. Secured 7 suspects consisting of 2 Indian foreigners and 5 Indonesian citizens with a total of 3,072 grams of narcotics as evidence," said Gato to reporters at Soekarno Hattta Airport, Tangerang City, Thursday, February 23. Gatot explained that the first arrests began with two foreigners from India with the initials TS (30) and GS (28) who came at Soekarno Hatta Airport with the Thai Airways flight route (TG-433) from Bangkok to Jakarta, Tuesday, December 20, 2022. Furthermore, he said that the two foreigners were caught carrying methamphetamine-type drugs stored in Turban. This was known after being carried out by Customs officers.

Initially cooperative and officers did not find any violations on their luggage. However, when the officer continued the urine-test examination, TS was found to be positive for methamphetamine and amphetamine,' he said. Continued by the inspection, the two passengers were willing to remove the head covering (turban) found a suspension of crystal powder weighing 1,034, he continued. Based on the confessions of the two suspects for foreigners, Gatot continued, the illicit goods would be given to someone at the hotel in the Pasar Baru area, Central Jakarta. On that information, the joint team of Soekarno Hatta Customs to the Dittipid Narcotics Bareskrim Polri followed up. The results were obtained 4 Indonesian suspects with the initials HW (37), DK (43) and DI (33). There are Indonesians husband and wives from Riau who act as controllers who have all been successfully secured in separate places,'' he continued Gatot. Then, for the disclosure of the second case was carried out on February 4, 2023. Where, his party managed to secure a male Indonesian citizen passenger with the initials FR (24) from Aceh who arrived on the Citilink Indonesia flight (QG-0503) with an estimate arriving at 22.15 WIB on the Kuala Lumpur route to Jakarta. The smuggling carried out by WNI FR with false contraction modes hidden in the form of back bags. Officers found the presence of 2 (two) pieces of plastic packages containing white crystalline powder hidden in folding clothes weighing a total of 1,02 grams, he said. The perpetrators were charged with Article 114 paragraph (2) Jo Article 132 paragraph (1) of the Narcotics Law No. 35 of 2009, with a maximum threat of death penalty or life imprisonment.