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Police Raid Two Illegal Drug Factories in Indonesia, Arrest 16
Police in Indonesia raided two illegal drug factories in Sukoharjo in Central Java on October 15.
The factories made tramadol and trihexyphenidyl, medicines that were being produced illegally.
The investigation began after customs officials found 650,000 tramadol pills in a shipment in North Jakarta on October 7.
Police arrested 16 people, including workers and alleged factory operators, and seized more than 7.8 million finished pills.
Investigators say one factory had operated since 2025 and the other since July 2026; one was estimated to produce about 1.7 million pills a day.
The case matters because the drugs were being made for illegal distribution, and police say they are still tracing the supply chain and money.
Two alleged factory owners remain at large, while investigators continue looking into who supplied the ingredients and controlled distribution.
Police in Indonesia raided two illegal factories producing tramadol and trihexyphenidyl in Sukoharjo, Central Java, and arrested 16 people.
The raids took place on 15 October in Kartasura and Gatak, after investigators followed up information about a shipment of tramadol found in North Jakarta.
Police said they seized more than 7 million finished pills, along with raw materials and production machines.
Officers also found 9 billion rupiah in cash, whose origin and links to the case are being investigated.
Police are continuing inquiries into the source of the materials, who controlled production, distribution routes and the flow of money.
- Who
- Ditresnarkoba Polda Metro Jaya arrested 16 people, including 11 in Kartasura and five in Gatak.
- What
- Police raided two illegal factories producing tramadol and trihexyphenidyl.
- When
- The raids took place on 15 October 2026.
- Where
- Kartasura and Gatak, in Sukoharjo regency, Central Java, Indonesia.
- Why
- Investigators followed up information about a shipment of 650,000 tramadol pills found in North Jakarta.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Authorities found 20 packages containing 650,000 tramadol pills at a railway warehouse complex in Kampung Bandan, North Jakarta.
Police raided factories in Kartasura and Gatak and arrested 16 people.
Police announced the arrests and seizures at a news conference in Jakarta.
- Arrests
- 16 people: 11 in Kartasura and five in Gatak
- Finished pills
- 7,862,500 Tramadol and Trihexyphenidyl pills, according to police
- Cash found
- 9 billion rupiah
- Raw materials
- 29 tonnes and 270 litres, according to Detik
- Shipment that prompted inquiry
- 650,000 tramadol pills in 20 packages found in North Jakarta on 7 October 2026
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What people are saying
Our task does not stop here, and I urge drug traffickers: stop distributing drugs and poisoning the nation's children to make money for your own livelihood.
In this investigation, we seized 7,862,500 finished Tramadol and Trihexyphenidyl pills.