REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Jakarta Metro Jaya Police have arrested six suspected members of China-Indonesia international drug ring and have seized 72.6 kilograms of methamphetamine worth Rp106 billion, or around US$ eight million.
"The suspects committed the crime by hiding the meth inside reflexology machines," Chief of Jakarta Metro Police (Polda Metro Jaya) Inspector General Tito Karnavian revealed here on Tuesday.
The joint task force of the Indonesian Police Headquarter and Polda Metro Jaya Police has arrested four Indonesians: DEB, KYT, LY, TYS; and two Nigerian nationals: DB and OK, who were believed to be members of an international drug ring.
Director of Detective and Drugs of Polda Metro Jaya Senior Commissioner Eko Daniyanto stated that the investigation into the case began after the police seized 27.2 kilograms of meth at DEB's house in Tebet, South Jakarta.
During the course of the investigation, DEB admitted that the meth belonged to a Nigerian national DB, who was later arrested along with LY.
The police managed to confiscate 3.5 kilograms of meth from the two foreigners.
The police thereafter arrested OK and KYT at Mercure Hotel in Ancol, North Jakarta.
OK was believed to be the mastermind, while LY and KYT were the receivers of the expedited packages.
The police then arrested TYS in Bekasi, West Java Province, and after some follow-ups managed to seize 1.1 kilograms of meth from a boarding house in Karet Street, North Jakarta.
The police are still on the lookout for two other Nigerian suspects: EK and DJ.
The suspects will be charged under Article 114, paragraph (2) subsidiary Article 112, paragraph (2) of Law No. 35 of 2009 on narcotics and will be subject to a minimum sentence of five years imprisonment and will face a maximum penalty of death.
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