Polres Pringsewu Tangkap Kurir 24 Kg Ganja Asal Sumatera Utara

PRINGSEWU (June 30, 2026) – The Pringsewu Police Narcotics Unit arrested a courier from an interprovincial drug ring carrying 24 kilograms of marijuana at the Pringsewu Timur bus ticket counter on Friday, June 26, 2026, at 11:00 PM WIB. The suspect, identified as M, 32, is from Batubara Regency, North Sumatra. He was carrying a blue suitcase and a cardboard box containing 15 kilograms and nine kilograms of marijuana, respectively. The man's movements aroused suspicion among police patrols. When asked for his identity, the man was evasive and only admitted to being a bus passenger from North Sumatra. Pringsewu Police Chief, AKBP M. Yunus Saputra, revealed in a press conference on Monday, June 29, 2026, that an investigation of the suspect, witnessed by local village officials, revealed the discovery of a blue suitcase and a cardboard box containing a total of 24 kilograms of marijuana. Police also seized a cell phone suspected of being a means of communication with the drug trafficking network. Investigation revealed the courier was carrying marijuana from Panyabungan District, Mandailing Natal Regency, North Sumatra. The drugs were intended for distribution in the Lampung region. He acted as a courier with a 3.5 million rupiah travel fee and was promised a reward of 16.8 million rupiah, or 700,000 rupiah per kilogram, after the marijuana was delivered to the recipient. Pringsewu Police Narcotics Investigation Unit Head, First Inspector Laksano Priyanto, explained that the arrest of the drug courier began with suspicions from night patrol officers. The suspect was carrying a suitcase and cardboard box and was behaving suspiciously. When asked for identification, the suspect could not produce any documents and claimed to have just arrived from Medan, North Sumatra. Further investigation revealed the suitcase and cardboard box containing dozens of packages of marijuana. Police are continuing their investigation to uncover the inter-provincial drug trafficking network from North Sumatra to Lampung and Jakarta. Police are working to track down both the supplier and the recipient of the marijuana. The suspected marijuana courier was charged under Article 114 paragraph 2 of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics in conjunction with Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code, which carries a minimum sentence of five years, life imprisonment, or the death penalty. @lampungtelevisi.com