Fake Police Officers Extort Private Employee in Drug Trap Scheme in Denpasar
Two men with initials IPPD (30) and KOA (36) posed as police officers to target a private employee over a sensitive drugs issue, accusing him of being a drug dealer before extorting Rp 10 million through violence in West Denpasar.
The head of West Denpasar Police Precinct, Chief Superintendent Ni Wayan Adnyani Prabawati, stated that the two fake police officers had been designated as suspects in extortion and assault cases.
“We have designated two suspects: first, the individual with initials IPPD, and second, the suspect with initials KOA,” she said during a press conference at West Denpasar Police Precinct on Thursday, 26 February 2026.
The incident occurred on Thursday, 4 December 2025, at approximately 02:00 local time on Mahendradata Road, West Denpasar. The victim, Muhammad Yusuf Alisya Bana (23), was stopped by two men in plain clothes claiming to be officers. The perpetrators stated the area was prone to drug transactions and immediately accused the victim of dealing.
The victim was then searched, including at his dormitory room. However, no drugs were found. Nevertheless, the perpetrators proceeded with violence.
“After conducting the search, the suspects assaulted the victim by hitting him in the stomach, face, and legs. The suspects then took the victim around Denpasar under the pretext of searching for a phone charger because the victim’s mobile was dead,” said Adnyani.
When the victim’s phone became operational, the perpetrators forced him to contact his brother to request money. The victim’s family transferred Rp 10 million. The money was then withdrawn in cash and divided equally between the two perpetrators.
As a result of the incident, the victim sustained bruising and lost Rp 10 million.
The Criminal Investigation Unit head of West Denpasar Police Precinct, Inspector Demiral Safriansyah, stated that the perpetrators in the two exposed cases knew each other.
“After we conducted further investigation, all the perpetrators knew each other,” he said.
According to Demiral, intimidation and violence caused the victim such fear that he complied with all the perpetrators’ demands. The money obtained from extortion was reportedly partially used for online gambling.
He advised the public to request official assignment letters and identity cards if anyone claiming to be a plainclothes police officer approaches them.
In uncovering this case, police secured several pieces of evidence, including a motorcycle, money transfer receipts each of Rp 3 million via QR code to accounts under the names DEDE RELOAD and NUGRAHA CELL, CCTV footage screenshots from the incident location and at Bank Mandiri ATM during the withdrawal of Rp 4 million.
Additionally, police secured two copies of the victim’s medical examination report as evidence of physical violence.
IPPD is known to be a repeat offender in drug cases. He was previously sentenced to six years imprisonment in a drug case in 2016. In 2022, he was again involved in a similar case and received a sentence of one year and four months imprisonment.
Both suspects are charged under Article 482 and/or Article 492 of the Indonesian Criminal Code regarding extortion and threats, with a maximum sentence of nine years imprisonment.