Sabu Transactions Successfully Thwarted, 2 Couriers With Ojek Drivers Arrested

Illustration of Methamphetamine (ANTARA)

The Narcotics Investigation Unit of the Narcotics Resort Police of the International Airport Area I Gusti Ngurah Rai thwarted an attempt by a methamphetamine transaction involving two couriers in the I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport area, Tuban, Badung Regency, Bali. Head of the Narcotics Investigation Unit of the International Airport I Gusti Ngurah Rai AKP I Kadek Darmawan said in an attempt to reveal the case on Friday. The two suspects with the initials MFR alias Aldi (28) work as a laborer and GSW alias Gede (25) work as a motorcycle taxi driver arrested by the police while taking a methamphetamine package in the parking area where I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport is worship. from the two suspects, he said, the police secured evidence in the form of six packages of methamphetamine weighing 8.40 grams. "When the suspect was arrested, the evidence was carried by the suspect MFR in his pants pocket, namely in the form of a'snack' wrapper in which there were six pieces of clear plastic pipettes each containing one plastic clip containing a clear crystal containing a crystalline suspected of methamphetamine-type narcotics weighing 8.40 grams," said Darmawan, quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, April 22. Meanwhile, for the suspect GSW als Gede, no narcotics evidence was found. However, during the arrest, GSW played a role in carrying the suspect MFR with the package of methamphetamine. Another thing that proves the involvement of the suspect GSW in the crystal methamphetamine transaction was after examining his cellphone, officers found evidence of a conversation about the methamphetamine-type narcotics package, he explained. Dammawan stated that the arrest of the two perpetrators was a development of public information regarding narcotics abuse at the location of a crime that was prone to be a place for drug transactions. The suspects were charged under Article 112 paragraph (1) of Law of RI Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics with a minimum prison sentence of four years and a maximum of 12 years," he said.

Currently, he said, the two suspects were detained at the I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Police Detention Center for further development. The police are currently searching for the owner of the methamphetamine type of narcotics.