Maker of Illegal Firearms Ki Bedil Arrested After 20 Years Operating in West Java
The Mobile Brigade Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Satresmob Bareskrim Polri) has arrested TS alias Ki Bedil in connection with the sale of illegal firearms for 20 years in the West Java region.
“Operated for 20 years, only now arrested,” said the Head of Satresmob Bareskrim Polri, Senior Commissioner of Police Arsya Khadafi, in a statement confirmed in Jakarta on Sunday (12/4), quoted from Antara.
Arsya explained that Ki Bedil is known as an expert in making illegal firearms of the revolver or pistol type.
“The buyers are mostly street crime perpetrators [street crime] and illegal hunters,” he said.
Therefore, he stated that the arrest is part of Polri’s serious efforts to eradicate the circulation of illegal firearms that have the potential to disrupt public security and order.
Chronology of Ki Bedil’s Arrest
He explained that the arrest of Ki Bedil began with an enforcement operation on Monday, 6 April 2026.
At that time, Polri carried out an arrest at Warung Nasi Ampera, Jalan Raya Cipacing, Jatinangor Subdistrict, Sumedang Regency, West Java.
At the location, the team arrested a suspect with initials AS who is suspected of acting as an intermediary or broker in the illegal firearms trade.
The team then seized several pieces of evidence, including one SIG Sauer P226 pistol unit complete with magazine, one unfinished long-barrelled weapon sample unit, two rounds of .22 calibre ammunition, as well as other items such as a black jacket and a fishing bag.
Based on the initial examination of AS, the team then conducted further investigation by dividing personnel into two groups.
The first team moved to the suspect’s residence in the Rancaekek Kulon area, Bandung Regency, West Java.
At that location, police again found various types of ammunition in considerable quantities, ranging from bullets of various calibres, projectiles, to equipment such as drill bits suspected to be used in the weapon-making process.
The second team conducted further investigation in the Rancaekek Wetan area, Bandung Regency. The team then succeeded in securing another suspect named TS or Ki Bedil.
From TS’s hands, police seized four long-barrelled weapon barrels, as well as several tools used to assemble firearms.