Metro Police Seize 306,000 'Pil Jin' Pills Linked to Psychotropic Factory in Central Java

A joint team from the Narcotics Directorate of Jakarta Metro Police and the Narcotics Unit of West Jakarta Metro Police uncovered an illegal factory producing the banned drug Zenith Carnophen in the Mijen area of Semarang, Central Java. The discovery of the factory stemmed from the arrest of a suspect in North Jakarta.

The illegal ‘pil jin’ factory was exposed after the joint team from the Narcotics Directorate of Jakarta Metro Police and West Jakarta Metro Police detained one suspect in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, on Friday (10/4). From that arrest, police seized 120,000 Zenith pills.

“Officers initially secured a man with the initials P in the Penjaringan area, North Jakarta, with evidence of 120,000 Zenith pills. Based on initial statements, P is suspected of acting as a courier under the control of the main suspect with initials D, who operates the factory from out of town,” said the Head of Public Relations of Jakarta Metro Police in his statement on Tuesday (14/4/2026).

For information, Zenith Carnophen, often called pil jin or Zenith, is a hard drug originally produced as a muscle relaxant. This pil jin is frequently misused due to the effects it produces.

Police then arrested D in Semarang, Central Java. Police found a warehouse converted into a narcotics production laboratory and seized 186,000 pil jin pills, bringing the total pills seized from the suspect’s arrest and the factory raid to 306,000 pills.

“At the location, police seized 186,000 Zenith tablets ready for distribution as well as 1.83 tons of precursor raw materials ready to be pressed into millions of illegal pills,” he explained.

Police also secured an automatic printing machine and a raw material processing machine used for mass production. Police stated that the network targets teenagers and workers.

“The existence of this factory is considered highly dangerous because it has a very large and organised production capacity,” he explained.

For their actions, the two suspects are charged under Article 610 paragraph (2) and Article 609 paragraph (2) of Law Number 1 of 2023 (New Criminal Code) in conjunction with Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 35 of 2009 on Narcotics. Investigators are still pursuing several individuals who have been included in the Wanted List (DPO).

“The success in thwarting the circulation of more than 4.3 million Zenith pills has directly saved at least 4.3 million lives of the nation’s youth from the risk of permanent nerve damage to death. Let us make this moment to strengthen family and community resilience against the dangers of drugs,” he said.