Jakarta (ANTARA) - Police have uncovered the illegal distribution of\ncontrolled drugs using a cash-on-delivery (COD) payment method after\napprehending a man, identified by the initials R (38), along with 478\ntablets of Tramadol in the Pancoran area, South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was only one perpetrator. Because this involved COD, we used a\nsting operation to secure him,\u201d said the Chief of Pancoran Police,\nCommissioner Suminto, during a press conference at the South Jakarta\nMetro Police Headquarters on Monday.<\/p>\n
Suminto stated that R was detained on Friday (18\/9) afternoon at\napproximately 17:00 WIB at a bus stop near SMP Negeri 107, South\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
It was reported that the perpetrator did not operate an open shop to\nsell the controlled drugs. Instead, transactions were conducted via the\nCOD system after potential buyers contacted him through social\nmedia.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had already been distributing them. There were sales and proceeds\nfrom those sales. He did not open a shop; he only used COD via social\nmedia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cVarious groups of people who already knew his phone number were\nbuying from him. Some bought two or three strips at a time, rather than\nall at once,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The proceeds from the sale of the controlled drugs were used by the\nperpetrator to meet his daily living expenses and were reinvested to\npurchase more stock for resale.<\/p>\n
The COD transaction method emerged following police crackdowns on\nphysical shops previously used for the illegal sale of controlled\ndrugs.<\/p>\n
Due to his actions, the suspect faces charges under Articles 435 and\n436 regarding the illegal distribution of pharmaceutical preparations\nand\/or controlled drugs. The perpetrator faces a maximum prison sentence\nof 12 years.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/police-uncover-illegal-distribution-of-controlled-drugs-using-cod-system-1789995685", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }