Police Arrest Ki Bedil in Connection with Illegal Firearms Sales in West Java

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Mobile Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency (Satresmob Bareskrim Polri) has arrested TS, alias Ki Bedil, in connection with the sale of illegal firearms over a 20-year period in West Java. “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. Arsya explained that Ki Bedil is known as an expert in manufacturing illegal firearms of the revolver or pistol type. “Most of his buyers are street crime perpetrators and illegal hunters,” he added. Therefore, he stated that the arrest is part of Polri’s serious efforts to eradicate the circulation of illegal firearms that could disrupt public security and order. Meanwhile, he explained that Ki Bedil’s arrest stemmed from an enforcement operation on Monday, 6 April 2026. At that time, Polri conducted 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 complete with magazine, one unfinished sample of a long-barrelled weapon, 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, he said, the team then conducted further investigation by dividing personnel into two groups. The first team proceeded to the suspect’s residence in Rancaekek Kulon, Bandung Regency, West Java. At that location, police found various types of ammunition in significant quantities, ranging from bullets of various calibres, projectiles, to equipment such as drill bits suspected to be used in the weapon manufacturing process. The second team conducted further investigation in Rancaekek Wetan, Bandung Regency. The team then successfully secured another suspect named TS or Ki Bedil. From TS’s possession, police seized four long-barrelled weapon barrels, as well as several tools used for assembling firearms.