Two Schedule G Drug Sellers Arrested by Police in Jagakarsa with 28,243 Tablets Seized
Jakarta — Police have arrested two suspects, identified by initials WA and M, who sold Schedule G controlled medications through a mobile phone shop and grocery store in the Jagakarsa area of South Jakarta.
Head of the Narcotics Unit at South Jakarta Metro Police, AKBP Prasetyo Nugroho, stated that the arrests followed a community report of suspected controlled drug distribution on Papaya Street in Jagakarsa. “At that location, we were able to arrest two shop attendants with initials WA and M, found in possession of approximately 3,095 Schedule G controlled tablets,” Prasetyo said during a press conference at South Jakarta Metro Police on Sunday, 15 March 2026.
From two locations, police seized approximately 25,148 controlled tablets of various types, including Trihexyphenidyl 2 mg, Hexymer, Tramadol, and Double Y, as well as two mobile phones.
According to Prasetyo, the medications were sold at prices ranging from 5,000 to 40,000 rupiah per tablet. From these activities, the suspects allegedly earned approximately 200,000 rupiah daily. “The shop attendants stated that these medications came from A, who is suspected to be the owner of the medications and the proprietor of the shop, who remains under investigation by our unit,” Prasetyo explained.
Police indicated that both suspects had been operating the controlled drug sales business for approximately one year, disguising their operations as legitimate mobile phone and grocery retailers. They smuggled the medications and sold them illegally or clandestinely.
Both suspects have been charged under Article 435 (subsidiary to Article 436, sections 1 and 2) of Law No. 17 of 2023 on Health, as amended in Annex I of Law No. 1 of 2026 on Criminal Penalty Adjustments. Additionally, they face charges under Article 62 of Law No. 5 of 1997 on Psychotropic Substances, as amended in Annex I of Law No. 1 of 2026 on Criminal Penalty Adjustments.
Evidence seized from the first location included 37 psychotropic tablets of Mercy brand, 100 Schedule G tablets of Trihexyphenidyl 2 mg, 2,380 tablets of Hexymer, 560 tablets of Tramadol, and 18 tablets of Double Y. Police also seized cash of 750,000 rupiah and two mobile phones of Oppo and Infinix brands.
From the second location, police secured 8,355 tablets of Hexymer, 60 tablets of Plenozepam, 50 tablets of Alprazolam, 70 tablets of Alprazolam 1 mg, 16 tablets of Mercy type Herlopam, 89 tablets of Dialepam, 1,578 tablets of Double Y, 1,010 tablets of Trihexyphenidyl 2 mg, and 13,870 tablets of Tramadol.