Fallen Officer Count Rises: Aiptu Sumaryanto, Missing After Drug Raid in Central Kalimantan, Found Dead

The search for Aiptu Sumaryanto, a member of the Katingan Police Narcotics Unit who went missing during a drug eradication operation in Katingan Regency, Central Kalimantan, has concluded. The police officer was found dead on Sunday morning, 5 July 2026. The discovery increases the number of fallen victims in the drug enforcement operation in Tumbang Kalemei Village to three. Previously, Aipda Yudhie Perdana Putra and Bripda Nopandri Ramadhana were also confirmed dead during the series of operations. Brigadier General Eko Hadi Santoso, Director of Narcotics Crime at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency, stated that the search for Aiptu Sumaryanto commenced at 06.00 WIB, involving a joint team from the Central Kalimantan Regional Police, the Water and Air Police, the 1019/Katingan Military District Command, the National Search and Rescue Agency, and the local community. The sweep was conducted using three rubber boats and eight small motorised canoes along the Katingan River, through forested areas on the riverbanks, extending the search area to the Samba Village Market in Central Katingan District. The effort yielded results after the team received information from a member of the Indonesian National Armed Forces who discovered a body in the river current. At 08.42 WIB, information was received from Babinsa Rantau Asem, Kopda Imam, that a body was in the river at Rantau Asem Village, approximately four kilometres from the crime scene in Tumbang Kalemei Village. The Babinsa then notified the search team, who proceeded to the location. Following identification at the scene, the body was confirmed to be Aiptu Sumaryanto, who had been reported missing since the operation took place in early July. The victim was subsequently evacuated to Bhayangkara Hospital in Palangkaraya for further handling. The tragic incident began when the Katingan Police Narcotics Unit conducted an enforcement operation against a suspected methamphetamine distribution network in Tumbang Kalemei Village on Wednesday evening, 1 July 2026. The operation was launched after police received public information pointing to a target with the initials BIO, a repeat drug offender. Twelve personnel were deployed and divided into two teams to carry out the arrest. As the target was being secured, the situation suddenly escalated when several individuals inside the target’s house, along with local residents, fought back against the officers.