Tribratanews.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The evidence of Rp531 billion was seized by the Police. The evidence results from the discovery of money laundering offences of illegal drug distribution without distribution rights and permits from 2011 to 2021 in Indonesia, which were successfully discovered by the Indonesian National Police and Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK).
In a press conference delivered by Indonesian National Police in the lobby of Criminal Investigation Agency, Chief of Criminal Investigation Agency of Indonesian National Police, Police General Commissioner Agus Andrianto, together with the Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Human Rights and the Head of PPATK, explained that Police arrested suspect initialled DP after developing illegal drug distribution case in Mojokerto.
"In which there are passed away victim after consuming the drugs, so our investigation leads to a perpetrator imported the drugs from abroad illegally and distributed those", Chief of Criminal Investigation Agency of Indonesian National Police said on Thursday (16/9/2021).
The former Chief of North Sumatra Regional Police explained that investigators then tracked the money flow of DP and found nine bank accounts used for the said business. All of those accounts use DP's name as the identity.
"We have frozen Rp531 billion (from his accounts)", Chief of Criminal Investigation Agency of Indonesian National Police said.
DP conducted the illegal drug trading business without expertise in the pharmaceutical field and has no certain pharmaceutical companies. In the process, Agus said that the perpetrator imported abroad medicines and sold them without a distribution permit from the Indonesian Food and Drug Control Agency.
"He has enjoyed the profit for a long time", Chief of Criminal Investigation Agency of Indonesian National Police.
Head of PPATK, Dian Ediana Rae, added that this case becomes a joint investigation in making Indonesia part of the Financial Action Task Force.
"Regarding the fake medicines, restricted medicines, et cetera, it is not only financially harming but also harming people's health. Therefore, we are concentrating on analysing and inspecting this case, and finally, we discover it", the Head of PPATK said.
