Former Bima City Police Chief Also Named Suspect in Rp2.8 Billion Narcotics Money Case
Former Bima City Police Chief AKBP Didik Putra Kuncoro has also been named a suspect for receiving funds derived from narcotics crime proceeds.
Director of Narcotics Crime at the National Police Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim Polri) Brigadier General Eko Hadi Santoso said the suspect designation was made by the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Regional Police Narcotics Directorate on Monday (16 February).
“In the case of allegedly receiving proceeds from narcotics crime from AKP M (Malaungi) totalling Rp2.8 billion,” he said in a written statement on Thursday (19 February).
Eko Hadi said that based on the investigation, Malaungi had met with Koh Erwin, a drug kingpin, together with AS, the treasurer of the narcotics network.
During the meeting, Malaungi reportedly requested that Koh Erwin provide money to be handed over to Didik in his capacity as Police Chief.
“Upon further examination, AKP M revealed that he had been receiving money from the drug kingpin from June to November 2025,” he said.
He stated that the majority of the money was subsequently handed over to Didik as Malaungi’s direct superior, who served as Head of the Narcotics Unit at Bima City Police.
“The total amount of money handed over to AKBP DPK was Rp2.8 billion,” he explained.
For his actions, Didik has been charged under Article 114 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 132 paragraph (2) or Article 137 Letter A of Law Number 35 of 2009 on Narcotics.
“Carrying penalties of the death sentence, life imprisonment, or a maximum prison term of 20 years,” he concluded.
Previously, former Bima City Police Chief AKBP Didik Putra had already been named a suspect in narcotics distribution. Didik was designated as a suspect based on a case review held on Friday (13 February) afternoon.
“The result of the case review is to proceed with the investigation of AKBP Didik Putra Kuncoro,” said Director of Narcotics Crime at Bareskrim Polri Brigadier General Eko Hadi Santoso in a written statement on Friday.
Eko Hadi said that during the case review, Didik was found culpable for the possession of a white suitcase containing narcotics at the residence of Aipda Dianita in Tangerang, Banten.
The narcotics evidence recovered comprised 16.3 grammes of methamphetamine, 49 ecstasy tablets and 2 partially used tablets (23.5 grammes), 19 Alprazolam tablets, 2 Happy Five tablets, and 5 grammes of ketamine.
In this case, Didik has been charged under Article 609 paragraph (2) letter (a) of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code in conjunction with Law Number 1 of 2026 on Criminal Adjustments and Article 62 of Law Number 5 of 1997 on Psychotropic Substances in conjunction with Appendix 1 item number 9 of Law Number 1 of 2026.
Meanwhile, Head of Sub-Directorate 3 of the Narcotics Crime Directorate at Bareskrim Polri, Commissioner Zulkarnain Harahap, said Didik also tested positive for narcotics based on a hair follicle drug test conducted in a laboratory.
“When we examined him, he tested negative. He and his wife, the policewoman, were negative. However, the Professional and Security Division (Propam) had already conducted a hair test, which came back positive,” he said.