Palembang, S Sumatra – Drug trafficking has actually continued to posture a serious danger to South Sumatra with local cops arresting 44 drug dealers throughout the first week of February this year, according to an authorities spokesperson.
The arrested suspects belonged to inter-provincial drug syndicates, South Sumatra Police representative Senior Commissioner Supriadi said in a declaration that ANTARA received in Palembang on Tuesday.
Drug raids carried out by South Sumatra cops in the first week of February likewise led to the arrests of seven drug users and the seizure of 16.7 kg of crystal methamphetamine, he informed.
Police also seized 239 grams of dried cannabis, 10 cannabis plants, and 11.5 ecstasy tablets from the suspects, he said.
The effective anti-drug operations are estimated to have saved more than 100 thousand individuals from substance abuse and addiction, Supriadi added.
Indonesia stays under major hazard from domestic and transnational drug dealerships, who consider it a possible market due to its huge population and countless drug users.
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On January 29, 2022, police officers in Mesuji district, Lampung province, apprehended three thought drug carriers who were found transporting 15 kg of crystal methamphetamine through the Trans Sumatra interstate.
According to the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), at least 50 Indonesians pass away of drug use every day. The statistic has failed to prevent drug users in the nation.
Users of crystal methamphetamine, narcotics, marijuana, and other types of addictive drugs come from any community and distinct socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. The drug sell the country is estimated to have reached nearly least Rp66 trillion.
The Indonesian government has actually continued to use extreme punitive action against kingpins discovered smuggling and trading drugs over the past few years.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has actually also provided shoot-at-sight orders versus drug kingpins.
However, this has failed to dissuade drug traffickers, and they have continued to treat Indonesia as one of their main markets even as Indonesian law enforcers have kept the fight going against them.
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