Indonesian Richest Police Arrested for Allegedly Selling Drugs

Liputan6.com, Jakarta - The Chief of Indonesian Police, Listyo Sigit Prabowo, announced that one of the police chiefs in Indonesia has been arrested for allegedly selling drugs. The person is the Chief of Indonesian Regional Police (Kapolda) of East Java Province, Teddy Minahasa.

Teddy Minahasa was only appointed to that position this week. He is regarded as the richest Indonesian police.

Listyo Sigit Prabowo said he ordered the police division of Profession and Security (Propam) to get Teddy Minahasa for questioning. He allegedly sold the drugs which were confiscated by the police.

"There is an allegation of the involvement of Inspector General TM, yesterday I asked the Head Division of Propam to take and question him," said Listyo during a press conference at Police HQ in Jakarta, Friday (14/10/2022).

Listyo said the Jakarta Metropolitan Police was investigating a drug network that recently came from public report. Three civilians were arrested. The police then found an indication that this case was related to a police official in Bukittinggi, West Sumatera. Teddy Minahasa was previously working there as the police chief.

Previously, a member of parliament Ahmad Sahroni broke this news to the media. Sahroni is a member of the Commission III in the parliament which deals with laws and police.

"Allegedly because of drugs," said Ahmad Sahroni to Liputan6.com, although he had not disclosed further details about the case.

Teddy Minahasa was appointed to be the Chief of Police in East Java Province after the Kanjuruhan tragedy in Malang, East Java. More than 130 people died in that incident, resulting in the dismissal of Inspector General Nico Afinta as the police chief in the province. 

In the wake of the double controversies, this Friday the police has mutated the positions of various officials. Inspector General Tony Harmanto has been appointed to take Teddy's position in East Java. Previously, Tony Harmanto was the Chief of Police in South Sumatera Province. 

According to his financial report, Teddy Minahasa is the richest police in Indonesia with wealth of almost Rp 30 billion. His wealth is exceeding even the reported wealth of Listyo Sigit Prabowo, the police chief of the country.

He reported his wealth earlier this year to the Commission of Corruption Eradication when he was still the police chief of West Sumatra Province. He amassed Rp 29.97 billion fortune (US$ 1.9 millions).

Meanwhile, Listyo was reportedly having Rp 8.3 billion in wealth as of December 2020, not even half of Teddy's wealth.

In the report, Teddy stated he owns 53 lands and buildings in various areas in Indonesia: Pandeglang (Banten), Pasuruan (East Java), Pesawaran (Lampung), and Malang (East Java). 

He has three cars and motorcycles which are estimated to cost around Rp 2 billion. Teddy is also the head of Harley Davidson Club Indonesia (HDCI) for 2021-2026.

Previously, Teddy Minahasa was also Chief of Police of Banten province. He was also an aide for former Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Deputy Chief of Police of Lampung.

As the head of Harley Davidson Club in Indonesia, Teddy Minahasa is reportedly having one unit of Harley Davidson Solo 2014. The motorcyle is prized at Rp 650 million (US$ 42 million). 

Furthermore, he owns a Jeep Wrangler 2016, Toyota FJ 55 1970, and Toyota Land Cruiser HDJ 80R 1996. Each vehicle costs Rp 750 million (Rp 48.5 million), Rp 75 million (Rp 4,853) and Rp 600 million (Rp 38,816) respectively.

Teddy Minahasa was born in Minahasa, North Sulawesi. He graduated from the Police Academy in 1993 and specialized in traffic.

He was previously also appointed in the traffic directory in Metro Jaya police which handles Jakarta and its surrounding cities.

US$ 1: Rp 15.433

Nanda Perdana Putra, Tira Santia, and Arief Aszhari contributed to this report.