“We arrested a foreign national from Singapore and seized thousands of pieces of evidence during the operation,” Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Police Chief Senior Commissioner Wisnu Wardana stated here.
The Singaporean suspect was identified with the initials LHM, aged 34, who was involved in the drug production.
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Meanwhile, articles seized as evidence during the raid comprise thousands of ready-for-distribution drug cartridges and mini laboratory equipment used for the drug production.
Wardana explained that Friday’s operation stemmed from the ongoing investigation into the recent seizure of two bottles containing 2,200 grams of etomidate which had been smuggled from Malaysia and intercepted by airport customs.
The confiscated material was enough to produce up to 2,000 drug cartridges.
Following the seizure, the police and customs authorities launched a joint operation to dismantle the drug syndicate behind the smuggling.
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Their investigation led them to a house in the upscale Pantai Indah Kapuk residential area, which was being used as a clandestine narcotics production site.
Police later discovered the home-based operation had begun producing the drug cartridges only one day before Friday’s raid.
A follow-up investigation is underway to determine how many cartridges were produced and how long the operation had been in business.
According to Wardana, the suspect and the seized evidence have been transferred to the airport police for further investigation, while the house in the Pantai Indah Kapuk area that was used as a drug factory has been sealed off.
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