We also crack down on polices if they are found included (in drug criminal activities)
Banda Aceh, Aceh – The Aceh police, on Wednesday, damaged 112 kg of crystal methamphetamine that regional cops seized from jailed members of a global drug ring.
Aceh Cops Chief Inspector General Achmad Kartiko stated that destroying the seized crystal meth proved the authorities’s commitment to its war on drugs.
” We do not play with drugs. We likewise crack down on polices if they are discovered involved (in drug criminal activities),” he affirmed.
Kartiko expressed his issues over the ongoing flows of illegal drugs into Aceh to be then traded in numerous Indonesian cities.
Over the past 10 months of this year, the Aceh police have handled 1,213 drug cases with 1,635 suspects. Some 34 of the suspected drug traffickers are ladies, he said.
The regional police officers seized 334.4 kg of dried cannabis, 132.6 kg of crystal meth, and 1,890 ecstasy tablets from the 1,635 believes, he stated.
The Aceh authorities continue to punish drug traffickers and users, he said while calling for the locals’ active involvement in the battles against drug offenders.
ANTARA reported earlier that Aceh remains in a state of emergency situation over drug trafficking, with global and inter-provincial drug rings still active in the province despite the ongoing crackdown versus them.
Both cops and the National Narcotics Company (BNN) have actually continued to secure down on drug kingpins and their drug supply networks in Aceh over the past couple of years.
Looking at the physical proof of drug criminal activities that local authorities and BNN officers have actually often seized, marijuana and crystal methamphetamine appear to be the most typically trafficked drugs.
On April 6, 2021, a joint group of workers from the BNN, police, military, and city government destroyed 9 hectares of cannabis plantations in North Aceh District.
More than 70 thousand cannabis plants, reaching 30 to 250 centimeters in height, were burned to the ground in the towns of Jurong and Sawang as part of the operation.
The destroyed marijuana plants weighed in at a total of 35 tons. The joint team members also burned and uprooted about 10 thousand cannabis seeds.
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