The Banda Aceh High Court has upheld the convictions and death sentences of 12 drug offenders in 2023 amid Aceh's push to check the growing drug problem .
Year ender - Drug offenders remain Indonesia s number one enemies 31st December 2020
Anti-drugs campaign. (bnn.go.id)
This evidently shows that drug trafficking remains a serious threat to our people here, particularly members of our young generation. If the drug crimes fail to be uncovered, thousands of people may fall victim to drug addiction The novel coronavirus pandemic has severely affected international trade supply chains, partly owing to the impact of cross-border and travel restrictions.
However, even amid the pandemic, drug-trafficking operations have been seriously disrupted, as revealed in Indonesia s success in uncovering drug cases.
Aceh police, for instance, seized a huge cache of drugs this year in numerous raids, which show drug-trafficking remains a serious threat in the province, with the youth remaining particularly vulnerable to drug abuse.
Drug hauls point to burgeoning drug problem in Aceh: police 16th December 2020
Aceh police seized 469.5 kg of crystal methamphetamine, 1,579 kg of marijuana, and 138 thousand ecstasy pills in raids conducted between early January to mid-December this year. (Antara Aceh/M Haris SA) Banda Aceh, Aceh (ANTARA) - Aceh police seized a huge cache of drugs this year in numerous raids, which shows drug-trafficking remains a serious threat in the province, with the youth remaining particularly vulnerable to drug abuse, said officials.
The provincial police seized 469.5 kg of crystal methamphetamine, 1,579 kg of marijuana, and 138 thousand ecstasy pills in raids conducted between early January to mid-December, 2020, and arrested 2,144 drug offenders in connection with 1,025 cases, Aceh Police chief, Insp.Gen.Wahyu Widada, revealed here on Wednesday.