inp.polri.go.id - Serang. From January 2022 to the end of February 2022 the Banten Police (Polda Banten) managed to uncover 143 drug cases by arresting 196 people. Banten Police Chief (Kapolda Banten), Inspector General Rudy Heriyanto stated that from January 1 to March 9, 2022, Polda Banten has succeeded in uncovering many drug cases in various areas in Banten. "Most of the suspects that were arrested are dealers, which are 174 people, and the 21 others were the users," said Inspector General Rudy Heriyanto, Thursday (10/03/22). According to The Two-Star General, in January, Polda Banten had uncovered 72 cases of drug trafficking with 95 suspects, most of those cases were exposed by the Tangerang Police with 13 drug cases and 18 suspects, followed by the Serang City Police with 12 cases and 19 suspects. "The number of drug evidence seized in the January 2022 period was 233.14 grams of crystal methamphetamine, 135.94 grams of marijuana, 29.88 grams of gorilla tobacco, and 17,239 hard drugs," said Kapolda Banten. In February 2022, Polda Banten had thwarted the drugs network with a total of 56 cases and 78 suspects, the highest case solved was the Tangerang Police with 19 cases and 28 suspects, followed by Serang Police with 7 cases with 14 suspects. "The confiscation of methamphetamine has increased to 355.57 grams, 103.24 grams of marijuana, 16.63 grams of gorilla tobacco, and 3,488 hard drugs," said Inspector General Rudy Heriyanto.