Operation Zebra 2025 begins in Riau Islands with a strong focus on traffic safety education, increased patrols, and national preparations ahead of the year-end holiday surge. Read the full report.
Riau Islands Police uncover a new human trafficking modus using Telegram and tourist passports to send illegal migrant workers abroad. Read more about the cross-provincial crackdown.
Riau Islands Police arrest three suspects, including a Batam civil servant, for distributing narcotics-laced vape liquid. Learn more.
Riau Islands Police have handed over a port authority official and five others to prosecutors for allegedly smuggling 3,200 vape pods containing etomidate into Batam. Read the full report.
Riau Islands Police sound alarm over dangerous ‘zombie’ vapes with sedative etomidate. See how authorities are combating the threat.
Indonesia recovers 4.25 million tons of abandoned bauxite in Riau Islands in mining reform pilot. Learn how this model may shape national policy.
