The chief of Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police, Inspector General Mohammad Fadil Imran, announced on Monday 18 October 2021 that his drug investigators had thwarted marijuana trafficking by a Jakarta-Medan-Aceh network, seizing 1,370 kg of marijuana worth Rp7 billion.[1] Twelve suspects were arrested and six were still at large.[1]
The case began on 10 September 2021 with the arrest of two dealers, identified as RS and AF, in East Ciputat, South Tangerang, where police seized 58.37 grams of marijuana in 58 ready-to-distribute packages.[1] On 24 September, three more suspects, A, IT and MA, were arrested in Tanah Sereal, Tambora, West Jakarta, with 112 kg of marijuana seized.[1]
From Kutacane to Jakarta
Following the suspects’ accounts, police arrested four more people sending 600 kg of marijuana from Kutacane in Southeast Aceh: AK as the seller, B as the intermediary, and IU and MH as the car’s driver and co-driver.[1] On 11 October, three more suspects were arrested on the Sumatra Western Road: R and E, who guarded the marijuana shipment, and H, the driver.[1] Police said the marijuana came from Aceh and was consumed mostly by young first-time users in Jakarta, and that the investigation would continue in order to cut off the drug supply.[1]
