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View all search resultsNorth Sumatra Police arrest two for alleged drug smuggling from Malaysia
North Sumatra Police Narcotics Unit director Comr. Jean Calvijn Simanjuntak said the drug trafficking ring has increasingly relied on Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia, particularly those without legal status, as couriers for smuggling operations.
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North Sumatra Police chief Insp. Gen. Martuani Sormin Siregar (center, holding the mic) presents evidence of 100 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and 50,000 ecstasy pills seized from two suspects of an alleged Jakarta-Medan drugs syndicate, at Bhayangkara Hospital in the North Sumatra Brimob headquarters in Medan on Aug. 18, 2020. The suspects were apprehended in Jakarta on Aug. 15. However, one of them was shot dead in Medan after trying to assault an officer on Aug. 17. (JP/Apriadi Gunawan)
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orth Sumatra Police have arrested two individuals in connection with an attempted smuggling of methamphetamine and cannabis from Malaysia, in a drug operation allegedly orchestrated by an Indonesian national living in the neighboring country.
North Sumatra Police Narcotics Unit director Comr. Jean Calvijn Simanjuntak said the first suspect, identified only as S, is a resident of Aceh who had been working illegally in Malaysia.
“He was arrested in Asahan regency, North Sumatra, on Sept. 11. He was allegedly carrying a backpack containing 10 kilograms of methamphetamine disguised as Chinese tea, along with two packages of cannabis weighing 38 grams,” Jean said during a press conference on Sunday.
According to Jean, S allegedly received the drugs from an Indonesian national identified only as B, who is believed to be living in Malaysia. B is currently listed as a fugitive.
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A day after S’s arrest, police apprehended another Acehnese resident, identified only as KA, who was allegedly tasked with receiving the drugs from S and transporting them to Medan, the provincial capital.
Jean said both suspects have been charged under Articles 114 and 112 of the 2009 Narcotics Law, which regulates the distribution of illegal narcotics. The charges carry a maximum penalty of death.
