In coordination with Thai and Malaysian authorities, Indonesian police have uncovered a major syndicate trafficking crystal meth across Southeast Asia, a senior official in Jakarta said Wednesday.
Between 2020 and 2023 police confiscated drugs and laundered assets valued at U.S. $683 million (10.4 trillion rupiah) from operations against the syndicate, which is led by Indonesian fugitive Fredy Pratama. Wahyu Widada, chief of the Indonesian national police’s criminal investigation agency, said investigators believe that Fredy was last seen in Thailand.
“This is an organized and structured organization. Fredy has arranged who does what … there are operational, financial, document-making, money-carrying sections and so on,” Wahyu said.
Investigators discovered the ring’s operation after analyzing 408 drug cases from 2020 to 2023 that…
