South Sumatra Police Destroy 70.8 Kilograms Of Marijuana To Edar Jakarta

The South Sumatra Police destroyed 70.8 kilograms of marijuana evidence in Palembang, Thursday (22/6/2023). BETWEEN/M. Riezko Bima Elko P.

PALEMBANG - South Sumatra Police destroyed 70.8 kilograms of smuggled marijuana from North Sumatra to be distributed to DKI Jakarta.

The Director of the Narcotics Investigation Directorate of the South Sumatra Police, Kombes Dolipar Manurung, said that the marijuana was to be smuggled by three suspects early last week through the East Sumatra Cross Road, Palembang 'Betung, South Sumatra.

The three suspects are known to be a man from West Sumatra Province each with the initials MI, AG, and ES.

"The three suspects brought the marijuana using a freight transport truck numbered BA-82-LU," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, June 22.

According to him, to trick the police, the suspects wrapped marijuana into white sacks stored among piles of other items in a truck tub.

However, the suspect's actions failed after police officers in the field checked all the luggage of the truck which had previously been under surveillance.

"The confession of the suspect in the marijuana evidence is an order from someone in DKI Jakarta," he said.

Although he did not specify the matters obtained in the series of investigations, Dolifar ensured that his party was ready to thoroughly investigate the marijuana trafficking case, armed with the results of the examination of evidence and information from the suspects.

For this reason, the Directorate of Drug Investigation of the South Sumatra Police is currently coordinating with the police in DKI Jakarta to hunt down other networks of perpetrators.

For their actions, the three suspects were charged with violating Article 114 paragraph (1) and (2) of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics with the maximum threat of the death penalty.