National Police Headquarters Uncovers Rp124 Billion Money Laundering by 'The Doctor' Drug Network
Bareskrim Polri has uncovered a large-scale money laundering practice carried out by the ‘The Doctor’ alias ‘Charlie’ alias Andre Fernando and Hendra Lukmanul Hakim alias ‘Pakcik’ drug syndicate bosses.
Director of Narcotics Crimes at Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Eko Hadi Santoso, stated that the latest banking analysis revealed massive fund circulation through the use of proxy accounts.
He explained that third-party accounts or board accounts were used to obscure the identity trail between buyers and drug bosses.
“The total incoming flow across four main collection accounts traced by Bareskrim reached Rp124 billion from a total of 2,134 transactions,” he said in a written statement on Saturday (18/4).
Eko said a joint team led by Commissioner Handik Zusen as Head of Subdit IV and Commissioner Kevin Leleury as head of the NIC Task Force has arrested four perpetrators.
The four suspects are: first, a woman with initials L from Bekasi, whose account from 1 August 2024 to 31 March 2026 recorded the highest incoming funds of Rp81 billion through 946 transactions.
He added that there was a finding of a very neat structuring pattern (breaking down transactions) to avoid detection by financial authorities, namely with repeated amounts of Rp99 million 445 times.
“Suspect L was recruited with a reward of Rp1 million to open and hand over her ATM card and M-Banking,” he explained.
Then, DEH, a woman from Tasikmalaya, whose account was controlled by Andre to manage masking account operations. From 21 August 2025 to 28 February 2026, this account recorded incoming funds of Rp3 billion from 654 transactions.
“DEH, who was in economic need, agreed to hand over her ID card to register an account online by someone she had just met, with a cash reward of Rp2 million,” he said.
Next, a man with initials TZR whose account was directly used by the main sabu supplier Pacik Hendra alias Lukmanul Hakim to receive payment transfers from Andre Fernando alias The Doctor’s intermediaries.
“Recorded from 9 October 2025 to 28 February 2026, total incoming funds reached Rp35 billion from 426 transactions,” he explained.
Finally, from the account of a man with initials MR which was directly held by The Doctor to collect initial drug order money from buyers, including from boss Erwin Iskandar alias Ko Erwin.
“The total incoming fund flow in this account amounted to Rp3.9 billion from 108 transactions. This account was bought by the syndicate for Rp5,000,000, which included the ATM card, SIM card, and mobile phone,” he revealed.
Nevertheless, he said the transaction account tracking data remains dynamic. However, he stated that development continues by arresting the providers of the drug transaction accounts in question to comprehensively uncover the syndicate.
“From account providers, account provider coordinators, the dark drug circulation perpetrators who transact using those collection accounts, to the Drug Bosses who are the owners or controllers of those collection accounts,” he concluded.
Previously, Andre was arrested by a joint team while with a woman from Kazakhstan at the Crowne Plaza Penang, Malaysia, on Sunday (5/4) around 14:30 local time.
Andre Fernando became a wanted suspect in a narcotics case involving drug boss Ko Erwin. The Ko Erwin case also implicated former Bima City Police Chief AKBP Didik Putra Kuncoro and former Head of Bima City Police Narcotics Unit AKP Malaungi.
Andre is said to be the figure who supplied the sabu bought by Ko Erwin for distribution in the Bima area, NTB. Ko Erwin is known to have conducted two transactions with Andre in January 2026.
The first transaction was worth Rp400 million for 2 kg of sabu. Then, the second transaction Rp400 million with 3 kg of sabu received.
In addition, Andre also acted as the supplier or controller of the illicit narcotics in Whiterabit under the name ‘Charlie’.