In total, four suspects were swifted in different locations. In the arrests, a total of 14,521 XTC pills were seized, with a value of 15 billion Indonesian rupia, converted around 800,000 euros.
Police chief Erick Frendiz indicated during a press conference that his team had received information about an alleged plan to distribute drugs. A undercover operation was then started, aimed at the residence of the alleged main suspect in the Lontar Dalam district, Koja, in northern Jakarta.
During the raid, evidence was secured in the form of 9,460 pink XTC pills with the text ‘Tesla’ on it. The most important suspect – with the initials RI – was not present, but the investigation into him continued at full speed.
A few days later he was arrested, in the Pulogebang Terminal in East Jakarta. Afterwards, several co -suspects were also detected and arrested, including on Surabaya.
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Crystal Meth was found in two suspects. After interrogation, these two prisoners also appeared to have stored 5000 XTC pills in a friend’s house. The police then also arrested him, and a large amount of cream-colored XTC pills was found in his home, more than 2000.
It didn’t stop there, because more than 3000 yellow XTC pills with the text TMT were seized. These suspects would work as couriers who had been instructed directly from the big boss of the drug network to transfer the contraband to other parties.
,, We assume that the narcotic drugs consist of Pure MDMA (the most important component of XTC, ed.), Based on the type, shape and content. The network involved is an international network than operating from Dutch, said Frendiz.
He assumes that the network had been active for three to five years. The members would use different methods to smuggle drugs. ,, They smuggled through sea routes and logistics organizations. The trade focused on entertainment venues on Java and in Jakarta. “
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The four suspects have been charged on the basis of the possession of drugs, on which a minimum sentence of six years and a maximum sentence of twenty years in prison is sentenced.