Bekasi Drug Dealer Arrested with Sabu and Cannabis
- Police arrested a suspected dealer accused of distributing methamphetamine and marijuana in Bekasi. - Authorities seized undisclosed quantities of sabu-sabu and ganja and have detained the suspect for prosecution. - Investigation continues as police map distribution networks to curb narcotics circulation in the city (jpnn.com).
Police in Bekasi Regency arrested a suspected methamphetamine and marijuana dealer after a late-night operation in Tambun Utara on April 21. (antaranews.com) The suspect, identified as R, is a resident of Desa Satria Jaya in Tambun Utara, according to Bekasi Metro Police chief Senior Commissioner Sumarni. Officers arrested him at about 10:41 p.m. Western Indonesia Time in the Bendungan Jaya area after receiving a public tip and conducting surveillance. (antaranews.com) Police said they seized 18.23 grams gross of methamphetamine, known locally as sabu-sabu, and 3,118 grams gross of marijuana, or just over 3 kilograms. Officers also took three digital scales, a mobile phone, plastic clip bags, tape, rolling papers, and a cannabis guidebook. (tribratanews.metro.polri.go.id) Investigators said the case began with residents’ reports about drug activity in the area, a common starting point for local narcotics cases in Indonesia. R told police in an initial examination that he got the drugs through an Instagram-based network, and detectives are now trying to identify the supplier. (antaranews.com) The arrest lands in a wider anti-narcotics push across Bekasi. In Bekasi City, police said on April 17 that they had uncovered 80 narcotics and illegal-drug cases from January through April 2026 and named 98 suspects. (kompas.com) In that April 17 sweep, Bekasi City police said they had seized 45,835.24 grams of marijuana, 883.65 grams of methamphetamine, 71 ecstasy pills, 759.55 grams of synthetic tobacco, and 271,680 illegal pills. That case was handled by Bekasi City police, while the Tambun Utara arrest was made by Bekasi Regency police, two separate jurisdictions in the same urban area. (kompas.com) R is being processed under Indonesia’s 2009 Narcotics Law on alleged possession and trafficking of Group I narcotics, the category that includes methamphetamine and marijuana. Police said the investigation is still being developed as they trace the supply chain behind the drugs seized in Tambun Utara. (tribratanews.metro.polri.go.id)
