Vice Governor of Riau Islands Nyanyang Haris Pratamura said that cooperation between law enforcement officers and other related agencies is an important key in preventing and eradicating illegal drug trafficking in the region.
Highway Patrol Unit (PJR) of East Java Regional Police Traffic Directorate, together with the East Java Provincial National Narcotics Agency (BNNP) thwarted an attempt to smuggle seven kilograms of crystal methamphetamine on the Surabaya-Mojokerto Toll Road, Saturday (10/5).
The Jember Sub-regional Police Drug Criminal Investigation Unit arrested 27 suspects in drug abuse cases in one month from April 16 to May 6, 2025.
Head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) Marthinus Hukom said that coastal and border areas are areas in Indonesia that are vulnerable to drugs infiltration.
Vice Chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Rusdi Kirana said that early prevention of drug abuse is important to be carried out considering the high rate of drug distribution among young people, including students.
The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) together with the Drug Eradication Desk have stopped the circulation of money for drug purchases approximately IDR 1 trillion, along with 1.2 tons of drugs.
The Indonesian National Police (INP) Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo admits that half the inmates of correctional institutions (prisons) are drug offenders.
Riau Island Regional Police destroys meth and ecstasy evidence by the Drug Criminal Investigation Directorate.
Head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) Marthinus Hukom emphasized that efforts to prevent and eradicate illegal drug trafficking in Indonesia must be carried out from the upstream, namely at the entry points of drugs into the country and the sources of the drugs.
The South Sumatra Regional Police destroyed 17.53 kilogram of meth and 1,032 ecstasy pills from the cases disclosed in March.
The Jambi Regional Police Drugs Criminal Investigation Directorate has uncovered another case of drug abuse and trafficking by seizing methamphetamine weighing 872.311 grams, marijuana weighing 58.136 grams, and crushed ecstasy pills weighing 39.962 grams.
The Indonesian National Police (INP) Criminal Investigation Agency begins to destroy the 120 kg of meth, seized from three different cases.
