Subang Ride-Hailing Driver Arrested for Hiding Crystal Meth in Children’s Toys
Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Police arrested Tatang Komara, also known as Gogo, a 30-year-old ride-hailing driver from Subang, for allegedly distributing crystal methamphetamine.
- Investigators seized 83.28 grams of meth packaged for distribution and hidden inside children’s toys.
- Police identified the suspect after expanding an investigation that began with the arrest of a drug user in Cimahi.
A ride-hailing driver from Subang allegedly concealed crystal methamphetamine inside small toy cars to avoid detection, but police uncovered the scheme and seized 83.28 grams of the drug.
The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Tatang Komara, also known as Gogo, was arrested at his home in Jalancagak village, Subang Regency. Cimahi Police’s narcotics unit said the packages were ready for distribution and had been placed inside children’s toys.
The drugs were put inside toys as camouflage. They were placed inside cars, and without careful inspection, people would not know that narcotics had been hidden there.
“Police say the drugs were put inside toys as camouflage. They were placed inside cars, and without careful inspection, people would not know that narcotics had been hidden there,” Cimahi Police Chief AKBP Moh. Faruk Rozi said.
The case began with the arrest of a suspected drug user in Cimahi. Follow-up investigative work led officers to identify Gogo as the alleged distributor in Subang, according to narcotics unit chief Iptu Reyhan Kusuma.
The suspect was a ride-hailing driver. This resulted from the investigation into an arrest in Cimahi, which led us to the distributor in Subang.
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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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