inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. Metro Jaya Regional Police states that Jakarta remains the biggest market of drugs due to the high price selling. This is proven by the disclosure of the illegal circulation of international crystal methamphetamine from Afghanistan with a total evidence weighing 389 kilograms.

"The price of crystal methamphetamine in Afghanistan is very cheap compared to those in Jakarta. This is one of the motivations why they are selling it here," said the Director of Drug Criminal Investigation of Metro Jaya Regional Police, Senior Superintendent Donald Parlaungan Simanjuntak on Wednesday (11/20/2024).

According to him, the price of the Afghan crystal meth spiked to billions of rupiah from its original price. Knowing the stimulating market in Jakarta, the dealers are determined to market their illicit items in Jakarta.

Donald explained that in Jakarta the price of 1 gram of crystal meth reaches IDR 2 billion.

"This luscious market in Jakarta is what attracts them as the comparison price of meth they are selling is very huge. In Afghanistan a gram of meth can be sold for around IDR 75 million, but in Indonesia, it can be sold up to IDR 1.5 billion to 2 billion,” explains Donald

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