Inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta.  The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) revealed that 3.3 million Indonesians are addicted to narcotics, reflecting a deepening national crisis beyond mere statistics.

“This isn’t just about numbers, it’s a massive market exploited by criminal syndicates,” said BNN Chief Commissioner General Marthinus Hukom during an anti-drug event in Garut, West Java, on Wednesday (9/7/2025), as quoted by antaranews.com.

The estimated drug trade reaches Rp 500 trillion annually, including state costs to incarcerate over 200,000 drug users. Over 52% of inmates are drug offenders.

Chief Hukom emphasized that 90% of narcotics enter Indonesia via coastal smuggling, particularly along southern West Java.

“Some of our own people are knowingly or unknowingly complicit in trafficking,” he warned, noting that drug use has reached rural areas. Syndicates mislead laborers with false claims that