Police seize 8.2-kg meth, 21,000 ecstasy pills smuggled from Malaysia 30th January 2021
Indonesia s Police held a press conference on January 29, 2021, on a bust of drugs smuggled into Indonesia from Malaysia. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Police s Directorate of Narcotics Crime managed to confiscate 8.2 kilograms (kg) of crystal methamphetamine, 21 thousand ecstasy pills, and 220 happy five pills that were smuggled into Indonesia from Malaysia. Investigators also succeeded in arresting five suspects while thwarting the smuggling of the illegal drugs controlled by prisoners, Inspector General Prabowo Argo Yuwono, the police’s spokesman, noted here on Friday.
The drug bust was successful owing to a tip-off received from the public regarding drug trafficking in Batam, Riau Islands Province.