progresifjaya.id, JAKARTA – Sub-Directorate 1 of the Polda Metro Jaya Ditresnarkoba has interrupted a transaction of 12 kg of marijuana in Tanah Abang, Jakarta Pusat, which was stacked with salted fish. The 12 kg of marijuana was wrapped using duct tape. One suspected drug courier with the initials W (23) was also arrested.
Head of Sub-Directorate 1 of the Polda Metro Jaya Ditresnarkoba, AKBP Bariu Bawana in his statement to reporters said, that this case was uncovered after his party received reports from the public complaining about the circulation of drugs in the Tanah Abang area.
“We have arrested one perpetrator or suspect with the initials W (23). The evidence of 12 kg of marijuana was covered with duct tape with salted fish camouflage. So the evidence was planted or stored under the dry food,” said AKBP Bariu Buwana, Tuesday, (30/7).
The 12 kg of marijuana that was confiscated was known to have come from Medan, North Sumatra and was planned to be distributed in the Jabodetabek area.
“The results of our investigation show that the goods were sent from Sumatra. The location is in Medan. The plan, based on the information we have studied, is to distribute them in the Jabodetabek area,” he explained.
Currently, investigators from Sub-Directorate 1 of the Ditresnarkoba are still investigating. Meanwhile, suspect W, who is now languishing in a cell, has been charged with Article 114 paragraph 2 subsidiary to Article 111 paragraph 2 of the Narcotics Law. (Bembo)