Police arrest Middle East drug ring s 11 members in Jakarta 23rd December 2020
Evidence of drug crime (ANTARA/Asep Firmansyah)
All drug packages bore a similar symbol 55 Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Jakarta Metropolitan Police apprehended 11 suspects for smuggling 201 kilograms (kg) of crystal methamphetamine from the Middle East into Indonesia, the Jakarta police’s spokesman, Sen. Coms. Yusri Yunus, stated.
The suspects were recently arrested at the WIR Hotel in the Petamburan neighborhood, Central Jakarta, from whom the cops seized 196 packs of crystal meth weighing 201 kg, Yunus was quoted by ANTARA as saying in Jakarta on Wednesday.
All drug packages bore a similar symbol 55 , he noted, adding that police investigators believe that the Middle Eastern network is involved in the drug smuggling operation.
SE Sulawesi police arrest man with Medan-sourced 1.6-kg marijuana 22nd December 2020
Evidence of drug crime (ANTARA/HO-Ditresnarkoba Polda sultra) Kendari, SE Sulawesi (ANTARA) - Southeast Sulawesi police officers arrested a man, only identified as R, 32, on Monday morning, for possession of a 1.6-kilogram package of marijuana he received from an unidentified person in Medan, North Sumatra Province’s capital.
The suspect was apprehended at his rented house in the Kendari Barat neighborhood area at around 10:29 a.m. local time, Chief of the Southeast Police s Narcotics Investigation Directorate Sen. Coms. Muhammad Eka Faturrahman stated in Kendari City on Monday.
The drug package was delivered to the suspect through a courier service and logistics company, he remarked, adding that the police were able to act effectively to thwart this drug crime owing to a tip-off recently received from residents.
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.