17-1 Clean Sweep
Jakarta is shaken!
Overnight, the city transformed into a secret operation zone.
Dozens of tactical vehicles, patrol motorcycles, and unmarked civilian vehicles roamed through various points.
A joint team of Police and KPK stormed gang headquarters, elite houses, and nightclubs that were long considered untouchable by the law.
Sirens wailed. Fully armed police surrounded strategic locations.
"Yes! Jakarta is being cleaned up."
***
At Kampung Rambutan,
Police raided a motorcycle gang base involved in drugs and long terrorizing residents.
Bang!
The base door was kicked down!
Officer 1: "Don't move! Raise your hands!"
Officer 2: "If you resist, we shoot on sight!"
Motorcycle gang members panicked. Some tried to escape, jumping out through the back window. They rushed toward parked motorcycles.
Vroom! Vroom!
Two gang bikes roared, trying to flee down a narrow alley.
Police: "Unit two, block the east route! They're fleeing on bikes!"
At the alley's end, warning shots rang out.
Bang! Bang!
Gang member 1: "Crazy, they're shooting!"
Gang member 2: "Stop, Jon! We surrender!"
Gang member 1: "Better than losing a leg!"
Finally,
One by one, motorcycle gang members were arrested. Some bowed their heads with handcuffs on.
***
Meanwhile, in Pulo Gadung,
In an old workshop warehouse, fully armed police found large plastic bags filled with ecstasy pills and packages of methamphetamine.
They succeeded in raiding a workshop long suspected as a drug transaction spot.
Police: "Big find, sir. This could be strong evidence of their involvement."
The police captain nodded.
Captain: "Good. Let's bring everything to headquarters. We'll dig out who the kingpin behind this is."
Several people were escorted to police cars, faces pale and bowed.
Their hands were cuffed!
***
In Kemayoran,
Dozens of tattooed youths — some with cobra images — some drunk, were dragged out by fully armed officers.
Spotlights illuminated confused faces.
Officer: "Hands up! Come out one by one!"
***
In Lebak Bulus,
Several youths staggered.
Youth 1: "What did we do wrong, sir? We were just hanging out!"
Youth 2: "Swear, we didn't know about drugs!"
Police: "You can't deny it. Evidence was found!"
***
Elsewhere, in Kalideres,
Armed police escorted two youths out of a small warehouse.
Police: "We found sharp weapons, meth, and tens of millions in cash!"
Youth 3: "That's not ours, sir!"
Police: "Don't deny or resist!"
Other officers: "Take them to the detention truck. Everyone will be checked one by one."
***
At Kramat Jati market,
Several market thugs looked defeated with hands cuffed. Some bowed resignedly, others shouted and cursed in defiance.
Thug: "What did we do wrong, sir?"
Police: "Don't shout! We'll settle this at the station!"
***
17-2 Nightclub Raid
Elsewhere, in Tanjung Priok.
An elite nightclub long suspected as a place for drug deals and human trafficking was raided by the joint team.
The once-thundering music abruptly stopped.
The spinning disco lights were still on, but the atmosphere turned tense.
Bang!
The main door was kicked down. Densus 88 and KPK teams fully armed rushed in from three directions.
Seeing the armed police, security and thugs couldn't do much. They fled for safety.
Officer: "Everyone down! This is a raid!"
The guests panicked!
Some rushed to the back door.
Guest: "Damn! First time here, already raided! Bad luck!"
A woman leaned against the sofa, seemingly hiding a small package under the pillow.
Officer: "Check everyone! Don't let anyone escape! Block all exits!"
Bang!
Warning shots fired into the air.
All visitors panicked and hit the floor.
Two Densus members rushed upstairs. Several scantily clad beautiful women looked frightened.
Officer: "Stay calm! Ladies, please come downstairs."
Officer 2: "For questioning and registration."
Several managers and club staff were cuffed.
Commander: "Secure all evidence and check all CCTV! We'll take everyone involved!"
***
17-3 Kingpin Arrest
Woof! Woof! Woof!
A police dog barked loudly, then sniffed the manager's desk.
One officer quickly opened the desk drawer.
Officer: "Damn..."
Inside — three clear plastic packets containing white powder, neatly tied with rubber bands.
The manager was frozen but calm, not panicking.
Manager: "Come on, sir... we can settle this amicably..."
The manager pulled out a stack of money from a suitcase.
The officer just stared blankly, then handcuffed him.
Click!
The manager's hands were cuffed.
Officer: "People like you can ruin the younger generation!"
The manager bowed his head, speechless.
Meanwhile, from various corners of the room, gang figures were arrested one by one.
The operation commander spoke through a handy talkie:
Commander: "The big names we suspect are in custody."
Sirens roared. Police cars left the scene carrying suspects, witnesses, and evidence.
***
17-4 Who's the Big Boss Behind All This?
Joint Police–KPK investigation room.
The monitor screen still showed faces of suspects recently arrested.
Yet, one big question hung in the air.
AKBP Satrio leaned back in his chair, wiping his tired face with his hand.
Satrio: "We still don't know who the real mastermind is."
Haryono: "At the same time, why haven't we raided Kembang Setaman Disco?"
Tina: "That's very risky, sir!"
Fadli: "What do you know, Tina?"
Tina adjusted her glasses, then pressed some laptop buttons.
Tina: "Let's look at the monitor."
The participants focused on the screen.
Photos appeared of high-ranking police officers and several TNI officers meeting Mariana at Kembang Setaman Disco.
Everyone shuddered in fear.
Fadli: "It's not just Arizal and Diono meeting Mariana."
Haryono: "We must be careful..."
Satrio: "If we make a wrong move, we might clash with our own members."
Fadli: "Even clash with the TNI..."
Tina: "Actually, all evidence and witnesses point to Mariana."
Aditya: "But we can't just arrest her yet."
Rustam: "Mariana has strong protection."
Aditya: "And it's no joke — Mariana's protection is a TNI officer!"
Tina adjusted her glasses that kept sliding down.
Tina: "From all interrogations, Mariana's name keeps coming up."
Tina: "Let's look back at the monitor."
She pressed several buttons on her laptop.
The participants stared again.
The monitor displayed interrogation clips of some arrested suspects.
Tina: "This is interrogation of Kuntadi, arrested by Burhan."
Rustam watched the screen carefully.
Rustam: "Isn't that Bimo?"
Aditya: "That's Anton?"
Tina: "Yes. From all their interrogations... Mariana's name is always mentioned."
End of chapter 17
To be continued chapter 18