Two Bekasi Areas Probed for Tramadol Supply

Police in Bekasi are tracing tramadol suppliers after investigators identified Rawalumbu and Bekasi Timur as the city’s main distribution hotspots. (kompas.com) Kompol Untung Riswaji of the Bekasi Metro Police narcotics unit said the trade has shifted to cash-on-delivery deals and a “tempel” method, where pills are left at a drop point instead of sold openly at kiosks. He said the new pattern has made street-level enforcement harder. (kompas.com) Kompas reported on April 22, 2026, that police are still developing the case and trying to identify the upstream supply source feeding sellers in both districts. Officers have not publicly named the suspected source area. (kompas.com) Tramadol is a prescription painkiller in Indonesia, not a legal over-the-counter drug. The National Narcotics Agency said in March that tramadol is not classified as a narcotic or psychotropic, and that formal supervision sits with the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency and the Health Ministry. (idntimes.com) That legal status has not stopped abuse cases from spreading. The National Narcotics Agency said in March that illegal sales still include sales without prescriptions, social-media offers, and bulk distribution to certain groups seeking a stimulant or mild euphoric effect. (cnnindonesia.com) Bekasi police have been making parallel arrests while mapping the network. In one April 18 seizure in Sukatani, officers confiscated 1,500 tramadol pills, 2,018 hexymer pills, 800 plastic clips, and two mobile phones, according to Antara. (antaranews.com) In another Bekasi case published April 16, police said they seized 759 tramadol pills, Rp1.78 million in cash, a phone, and nine plastic clip bags from an alleged dealer. The arrest followed complaints from residents about open sales in their neighborhood. (megapolitan.antaranews.com) The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency, known as BPOM, opened its own investigation in March after reports of tramadol being sold freely in East Jakarta kiosks. BPOM chief Taruna Ikrar said the agency would investigate producers, sellers, and distribution channels. (detik.com) For now, the Bekasi case has narrowed to two neighborhoods and a delivery system built to avoid storefront raids. Police said the next step is to find the supplier behind the drop-point and COD network. (kompas.com)