Former Bima Police Chief Tests Positive for Drugs; National Police Commission Speaks Out
The National Police Commission (Kompolnas) has urged that all members of the police corps implicated in narcotics trafficking cases receive aggravated sentencing.
The statement was made by Kompolnas Commissioner Choirul Anam, known as Cak Anam, in response to the case involving the former Bima City Police Chief, AKBP Didik Putra Kuncoro, who was found in possession of a suitcase containing narcotics.
“There must be a shared commitment regarding narcotics crimes. If committed by an officer — for example, in a police case — there must be aggravated punishment because they are a serving officer,” he told reporters on Wednesday (18 February).
Anam also urged that narcotics offences involving police officers not be taken lightly. He said the drug networks supplying members of the National Police must be dismantled to their very roots to prevent similar cases from recurring.
“The abuse of authority by officers must not stop at punishing individual police members; the networks behind them must also be exposed,” he said.
He further stated that this commitment must be undertaken collectively, particularly by law enforcement elements ranging from the National Police itself, to the Attorney General’s Office, and the judiciary.
“The commitment is to aggravated sentencing — to demonstrate that the state will not be defeated by drug networks, and to show that the state, particularly the police, is committed to eradicating narcotics,” he concluded.
Previously, former Bima City Police Chief AKBP Didik Putra had been named a suspect in a narcotics trafficking case. Didik was designated as a suspect following a case review on Friday (13 February).
“The result of the case review is to proceed with the investigation of AKBP Didik Putra Kuncoro,” said the Director of Narcotics Crime at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim), Brigadier General Eko Hadi Santoso, in a written statement on Friday.
Eko Hadi stated that during the case review, Didik was found culpable for possession of a white suitcase containing narcotics discovered 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 consumed 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 No. 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code, in conjunction with Law No. 1 of 2026 concerning criminal adjustments, and Article 62 of Law No. 5 of 1997 concerning Psychotropic Substances, in conjunction with Appendix 1 serial number 9 of Law No. 1 of 2026.
Meanwhile, Head of Sub-Directorate 3 at the Narcotics Crime Directorate of Bareskrim, Commissioner of Police 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 — a female police officer — both tested negative. However, the Professional and Security Division had already conducted a hair test, which came back positive,” he said.