The drug squad of Pematangsiantar regency police arrested two men with previous narcotics convictions in the Pematangsiantar city district on Sunday 8 November 2026.[1] Both men, aged 46 and 45, are residents of Banjar village, Siantar Barat district, Pematangsiantar.[1] The case began with a community report of suspected narcotics possession on Jalan Bali in Bane village.[1]
At about 15:00 on 8 November 2026, an operational team found one suspect sitting on a Honda Tiger motorcycle at the stop.[1] Officers found five packets of methamphetamine and one packet of ganja in a cigarette case hidden on his chest, and seized a blue Oppo phone.[1] The suspect acknowledged the one packet of ganja, gross weight 1.27 g, and said it came from an unidentified person still being investigated.[1] He also acknowledged seven packets of methamphetamine totalling 2.45 g gross, said to have been bought from a man identified as IBB.[1]
At about 23:00 that same night, officers went to the home of IBB in Jalan Bola Kaki, Banjar village, Siantar Barat district.[1] Officers seized IBB and took a blue Vivo phone from his left hand.[1] Both suspects were detained and charged under Article 114 paragraph (1) of the 2009 Narcotics Law and/or Article 609 paragraph (1) letter a of Law No. 1 of 2023 (the new Criminal Code) in conjunction with Law No. 1 of 2026.[2]
