Another Drug-Involved Police Officer Receives Payments from Dealer; Criminal Proceedings Awaited
JAKARTA—Less than a month after former Bima City Police Chief AKBP Didik Putra Kuncoro was designated a suspect in a narcotics crime case on 13 February 2026, another police officer has been caught engaging in drug-related misconduct.
This time it concerns the Head of the Drug Investigation Unit at North Toraja Police, AKP Arifan Efendi, and Deputy Head II of the Drug Investigation Unit at North Toraja Police, Aiptu N.
The case adds to a list of four previous narcotics-related police cases involving Teddy Minahasa, Andri Gustami, Satria Nanda, and Didik Putra Kuncoro.
Both officers have been imposed with the strict sanction of Dismissal Without Honour (PTDH) on Tuesday, 10 March 2026.
The reason: both law enforcement officers received direct payments from a drug dealer. The amount was substantial—Rp10 million per week.
The drug dealer involved with both officers is named Evanolya Tandipali, also known as Oliv.
The two enjoyed these illicit funds from October 2025, with the total value of money reaching Rp110 million.
“Imposing sanctions: first, an ethical sanction declaring the behaviour as reprehensible conduct; second, an administrative sanction consisting of (a) placement in a special facility for 30 days, and (b) dismissal without honour or PTDH as a member of the National Police,” said the Head of the Professional Conduct Division at South Sulawesi Regional Police, Komnbes Pol Zulham Effendy, in his ruling on Tuesday, 10 March 2026.
The ethical sanction for dismissal is based on State Police Regulation No. 7 of 2022 concerning the Code of Professional Conduct and the Police Professional Conduct Commission.
The National Police Commission (Kompolnas) RI expressed concern whilst also appreciating the firm steps taken by the National Police in combating narcotics crimes, including within the police institution itself.
Criminal proceedings against the drug-involved police officers are awaited so that such cases may be fully resolved.
Kompolnas Commissioner Chairul Anam hopes that these recent cases of police involvement in drugs will become a systematic clean-up movement within the police force.
“We hope it is not merely isolated cases, but rather a systemic police crackdown against narcotics crimes,” he told Kompas.com on Wednesday, 11 March 2026.
The man known as Cak Anam stated that simultaneous urine testing conducted by police is one positive step.