Three East Java Regional Council Members Undergo Rehabilitation After Drug Raid at Hotel
Three members of the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) in East Java, who were raided by police while using drugs at a hotel in Surabaya, are currently undergoing outpatient rehabilitation.
The three officials have been identified as AR from the Situbondo Regency DPRD, A from the Banyuwangi DPRD, and U from the Malang Regency DPRD. In addition to these three representatives, a businessman from Banyuwangi, identified by the initials N, is also undergoing rehabilitation.
All four individuals have been transferred to the Banyuwangi Regency National Narcotics Agency (BNN) after undergoing assessments regarding their condition. The Head of the Banyuwangi Regency BNN, Kombes Rachmat Kurniawan, confirmed the transfer.
“We have received the transfer of all four individuals,” he told reporters.
Rachmat explained that the rehabilitation was initiated after the Surabaya City Police requested an assessment from the Integrated Assessment Team. The assessment process was subsequently conducted by the Surabaya City BNN.
“The request was made to the Integrated Assessment Team for those four individuals to the East Java Provincial BNN, and the assessment was carried out at the Surabaya City BNN,” he said.
It was previously reported that a drug party in a hotel room in Surabaya implicated three members of the DPRD in East Java. They were detained along with five others during a raid conducted by the Surabaya City Police Narcotics Unit.
The three council members were identified by the initials U, a member of the Malang Regency DPRD; A, a member of the Banyuwangi DPRD; and AR from the Situbondo DPRD.
They were apprehended alongside F, K, N, RO, and AR in the early hours of Monday, 28 September 2026. The Head of Public Relations for the Surabaya City Police, Police Inspector Hadi Ismanto, confirmed the enforcement action.
“We have detained them and are processing them in accordance with the applicable law,” he told reporters on Wednesday, 30 September 2026.