Thanos was promoted to first lieutenant in the early 1980s and was put in command of the Investigation Task Force of the Central Jakarta Police.

[4] Due to his performance in the school, he was promoted from mayor to lieutenant colonel a year later and was appointed the police chief of South Surabaya until 1995.

During his final days in the sub-directorate in August 2003, Thanos led a team to arrest Marco Archer Moreira, a Brazilian drug trafficker, in Sumbawa.

[1][10] During his career as Director for Drugs and Organized Crime, Thanos made headlines due to his involvement in the arrests of high-profile Indonesian celebrities.

[15] Thanos then ordered a reconstruction of the incident,[16] which revealed that the methamphetamines were misplaced at a warehouse owned by the Directorate for Drugs and Organized Crime.

[18] Several foreign drug dealers of Malaysian origin were arrested in the raid, while around half a million ecstasy pills were confiscated.

[19] After further investigation, another room in the apartment was raided and police found a ton of foreign currency along with several bottle of narcotic substances.

[20] Thanos then sent a sample of the ecstasy pills found in Taman Anggrek to the Australian Federal Police and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration for further examination.

[24] Following his appointment to the position, Thanos removed deputy chief Sulistyono from his office and replaced him with Syafrizal Ahiar.

The club's Tourism Business Registration Certificate was revoked on 7 February 2020 and the Jakarta provincial government forcefully closed it in May 2020.