The two suspects known by their initials as FA (38) and NI (53) were caught red-handed while producing meth in a secret room in the two-storey house on Jalan Gilimanuk.
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Police have raided a house used as a meth factory at Kintamani Housing Complex in Kalideres, West Jakarta, and arrested two suspects.

The two suspects known by their initials as FA (38) and NI (53) were caught red-handed while producing meth in a secret room in the two-storey house on Jalan Gilimanuk, Block LA, Number 3, National Police head of public relations division, Brigadier General Ketut Untung Yoga, said to newsmen.

He said FA was caught while cooking meth in a camouflaged laboratory while "he is in fact awaiting a court ruling over the same case in Tangerang in 2009. He was caught on October 4."

He said the police confiscated drug raw materials, equipment for making the drug and communication equipment from the house. He said the factory`s turnover could reach Rp5 billion.

Ketut Untung Yoga said the secret room used for producing the drug measures 3x5 meter and with its door being camouflaged like the front part of a cupboard.

He said the room is filled with items such as tubes, refrigerator, a scale, a stove and chemical goods like red phosphor, aceton and iodine and completed with a CCTV with which the suspects monitored the room.

"The stuff is worth Rp5 billion," he said.

Ketut said the police were still developing the case to find others involved in the activity. "We are still searching two others knows as EA and RA who are believed to be involved in the network," he said.

The fourth director of narcotics affairs of the National Police Headquarters, Brigadier General Arman Depari, meanwhile said it would take around 25 hours to produce meth.

He said they did not produce meth everyday but would do it upon a demand.

He said it takes half an hour to produce one and a half kilogram meth while the price of one gram of meth is Rp1.8 million to Rp2 million. He said based upon initial conclusion they had so far marketed the drug in Jakarta.

He said they had planned to market the drug they were just producing in December.(*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
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