Mind-Boggling: How Police Chief AKBP Didik Received Rp2.8 Billion in Payoffs from Drug Kingpins
Jakarta — New facts have emerged detailing how former Bima City Police Chief AKBP Didik Putra received billions of rupiah in illicit funds from a drug trafficking network.
The money was packaged in suitcases, paper bags, and even beer boxes, totalling Rp2.8 billion. The funds from the drug syndicate were channelled through the former Head of the Narcotics Division at Bima City Police, AKP Malaungi. The handovers were conducted in stages.
"The Rp2.8 billion was handed over in three instalments: the first was Rp1.4 billion, the second Rp450 million, and the third Rp1 billion," said Senior Commissioner Zulkarnain Harahap, Head of Sub-directorate III of the Narcotics Crime Directorate at the National Police's Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim), on Saturday, 21 February 2026.
What makes the case particularly brazen is that the money was not simply transferred discreetly through bank accounts. The bulk of it was handed over in cash, carefully packaged: Rp1.4 billion in a suitcase, Rp450 million in a paper bag, and Rp1 billion stuffed into a beer box.
"A total of Rp1.8 billion was indeed given in cash, which was subsequently deposited into a bank account. The remaining Rp1 billion was transferred using a bank account registered under another person's name," he said.
To further unravel the pattern of fund flows, Bareskrim has enlisted the assistance of the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK). This step was taken to trace the transaction trail, including suspected involvement of major drug lords behind the payments.
This means the case has not stopped at the level of those who received the money. Investigators are now targeting those at the top of the network. "We have indeed involved PPATK to identify the flow of funds. The drug kingpins who will be reported are KE, AS, and S," he said.
The Narcotics Crime Directorate of Bareskrim announced on Friday, 13 February, that AKBP Didik had been named a suspect in alleged narcotics possession.
The case originated from the arrest of two domestic workers employed by police suspect Brigadier IR and his wife, AN, who were found with 30.415 grammes of methamphetamine at their private residence. Interrogation by the West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Police Narcotics Directorate uncovered the involvement of AKP Malaungi (ML) in the network.
Subsequent examination by the West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Police's Professional and Security Division found AKP ML tested positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine. A search of AKP ML's office and official residence then uncovered five packets of methamphetamine weighing 488.496 grammes.
The money was packaged in suitcases, paper bags, and even beer boxes, totalling Rp2.8 billion. The funds from the drug syndicate were channelled through the former Head of the Narcotics Division at Bima City Police, AKP Malaungi. The handovers were conducted in stages.
"The Rp2.8 billion was handed over in three instalments: the first was Rp1.4 billion, the second Rp450 million, and the third Rp1 billion," said Senior Commissioner Zulkarnain Harahap, Head of Sub-directorate III of the Narcotics Crime Directorate at the National Police's Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim), on Saturday, 21 February 2026.
What makes the case particularly brazen is that the money was not simply transferred discreetly through bank accounts. The bulk of it was handed over in cash, carefully packaged: Rp1.4 billion in a suitcase, Rp450 million in a paper bag, and Rp1 billion stuffed into a beer box.
"A total of Rp1.8 billion was indeed given in cash, which was subsequently deposited into a bank account. The remaining Rp1 billion was transferred using a bank account registered under another person's name," he said.
To further unravel the pattern of fund flows, Bareskrim has enlisted the assistance of the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK). This step was taken to trace the transaction trail, including suspected involvement of major drug lords behind the payments.
This means the case has not stopped at the level of those who received the money. Investigators are now targeting those at the top of the network. "We have indeed involved PPATK to identify the flow of funds. The drug kingpins who will be reported are KE, AS, and S," he said.
The Narcotics Crime Directorate of Bareskrim announced on Friday, 13 February, that AKBP Didik had been named a suspect in alleged narcotics possession.
The case originated from the arrest of two domestic workers employed by police suspect Brigadier IR and his wife, AN, who were found with 30.415 grammes of methamphetamine at their private residence. Interrogation by the West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Police Narcotics Directorate uncovered the involvement of AKP Malaungi (ML) in the network.
Subsequent examination by the West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Police's Professional and Security Division found AKP ML tested positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine. A search of AKP ML's office and official residence then uncovered five packets of methamphetamine weighing 488.496 grammes.