Indonesia arrested 285 in Drug Crackdown and seizes more than half a tonne drugs
Jakarta: Indonesian officials said on Monday that they arrested 285 people on suspicion of drug trafficking, including 29 women and seven foreigners, and seized more than half a ton of intoxicants during a two -month crack. Despite being a strict drug law, Indonesia is a major center for drug trafficking in Southeast Asia, sometimes executed by the firing squad with guilty smugglers. The head of the National Drug Agency, Marthinus Hukom, said that Kracdown, launched in 20 provinces between April and June, also exposed the money laundering plans by two drug syndicates and confiscated assets worth more than 26 billion rupees (about $ 1.5 million). Thirty -six suspects, including 21 women, were paraded in their orange gel uniforms and handcuffs in their hands, with seized drugs in front of reporters. Hukom said that the arrested women were mostly married outside the house without jobs. He said, “I call for Indonesian women to be more vigilant in establishing friendship in both real world and cyber space,” he asked during a joint press conference with the Ministry of Security Affairs and Customs Office officials who participated in the operation. One of the duties of the agency, Budi Vibovo stated that the authorities seized 683,885 grams (0.68 tonnes) of Crystal Meth, Marijuana, Parmanand, THC, Hash and AMPETEMIN, which helped them prevent falling into more than 1.3 million people. ” Wibowo also stated that drug syndicates have used various methods to distribute drugs to users through land and maritime transport or mail services. Seven foreign nationals were one American, two Kazakh, two Malaysian, one Indian and one Australian, Vibovo said. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime states that Indonesia is a major drug-magaling hub, as international drug syndicates target their youth population. In a separate operation, authorities in Riyau Island province exposed two cases of drug smuggling in their water in May and seized 2.7 tonnes of crystal faintsfetamine and 1.2 tonnes of ketamine, Humkom said on Monday. In 2023, the authorities highlighted more than 52,000 drug cases and seized 6.2 tonnes of crystal meths, 1.1 tonnes of marijuana and other types of synthetic narcotics, Mochams Hasan of the Ministry of Security said during the press conference. Hasan said that in 2024, the number increased with more than 56,000 cases and seized 7.5 tonnes of Crystal Meth and 3.3 tonnes of Marijuana, with a combination value of 7.5 trillion rupees ($ 454.6 million). Officials have arrested a total of 27,357 drug suspects by November 2024. Earlier this month, three British citizens accused Cocaine (more than 2 pounds) of cocaine smuggling in Cocaine in Indonesia, Bali’s tourist island was accused in a court. They face the death penalty under the country’s strict drug laws. Around 530 people, including 96 foreigners, are on a row in Indonesia, mostly for crimes related to drugs, the Ministry of Immunity and the correction data has been shown. The final execution of Indonesian and three foreigners was done in July 2016.
