MEDAN - Police arrested two people who sold drugs to treat COVID-19 patients at prices above the highest retail price (HET) of the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes). This case came to light when the police raided a pharmacy in Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra.
"The two perpetrators who were arrested are the owner and employee of the pharmacy with the initials RB and LN," said Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Deli Serdang Police, Kompol M Firdaus, quoted by Antara, Thursday. July 15.
He said the raid was carried out after his party received reports from the public that the pharmacy was selling drugs at high prices.
Based on the report, officers conducted an investigation and raided the pharmacy.
As a result, it was found that the pharmacy sold Azithromycin Dihydrate 500 mg at a price of Rp. 80,000, from what should have been Rp. 17,000 according to the Ministry of Health's regulations.
"From the results of the interrogation, the perpetrators sold drugs at high prices to make a profit," he said.
The officers then took the two perpetrators to the Deli Serdang Police Headquarters for further legal proceedings.
"The threat of imprisonment is a maximum of 5 years and a maximum fine of Rp. 2 billion and/or Article 107 of Law No. 7 of 2014 concerning trafficking with a maximum imprisonment of 5 years and a maximum fine of Rp. 50 billion," he said.
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