Efforts To Break The Drug Supply Chain Through The Role Of Communities And Society

Serang City - Disclosure of large-scale drug networks by the Directorate of Drugs at the Banten Police on Sunday, October 24, with the arrest of 3 Banten residents, namely HD (34), TH alias OP (31) and RMH (36) along with evidence of 345 grams of crystal methamphetamine. , needs to be responded to by activating an alarm system in every community.

"The three suspects are residents of Banten, Pandeglang, Serang and Lebak, of course they have the opportunity to distribute these drugs in their neighborhood, this needs to be responded to by the surrounding community. The goal is that the younger generation around the location where they live is not damaged due to the influence of the drugs they circulate," " said the Head of Public Relations of the Banten Police, Shinto Silitonga, to VOI, November 3.

According to Shinto, drug trafficking can continue to this day. This, he continued, is influenced by several factors, one of which is the high demand.

"As long as there is demand, in theory, there will always be supply," explained Shinto.

In order to break the supply chain, each community needs to make various efforts in their respective communities. The Banten Police itself continues to be proactively active in educating and socializing the dangers of drugs to everyone, from teenagers to parents, from the student community to housewives.

"This preemptive effort needs to be responded to by residents by participating in massive socialization to the community, so they understand how dangerous drugs are for health," explained Shinto.

At the preventive level, the Banten Police invites residents to identify residents in their community who behave unusually in social life. Observing his behavior so that he understands the character of drug dealers.

"When preventively, the perpetrators have been identified, the public should not remain silent, inform the police, so that these dealers do not damage generations in the community," he explained.

Finally, the Banten Police are also aggressively carrying out repressive efforts or disclosures. From January to October 2021 data analysis, 112 cases were revealed by the Banten Police Narcotics Directorate, an increase of 2 cases when compared to 2020.

Of the total suspects, 154 people have been arrested in 2021, an increase of 4 suspects compared to 2020. Seizures of shabu-type drug evidence have also experienced a significant increase.

In 2021 the Banten Police's Narcotics Directorate managed to confiscate 617 grams of crystal methamphetamine, an increase of 386 grams when compared to the confiscation of methamphetamine in 2021.

"In principle, the more dealers and dealers are arrested and the more drugs are confiscated, the smaller the ability of the dealers to sell these drugs, and of course the more our young generation will be saved," said Shinto.