National Police Chief: 264 Thousand Drug Case Suspects Arrested Throughout 2020-2024

JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo expressed his commitment to overcome the problem of drug eradication. He said as many as 264 thousand suspects had been arrested throughout 2020-2024 related to drug cases.

"From 2020 to 2024 we have arrested 264,188 suspects," said Sigit in a joint working meeting with Commission III of the DPR, Monday, November 11.

Sigit explained that the National Police had confiscated various types of drugs. Starting from methamphetamine, marijuana, marijuana trees, areas or areas planted with cannabis trees, heroin, cocaine, mashish, ecstasy and gorilla tobacco.

"Where the results are exposed so that from 2020 to 2024 we have confiscated evidence of drugs which if converted into Rp31.87 trillion and if this then spreads to the community, of course this will have an impact on approximately 262 million people that we can save from the influence and dangers of drugs," he explained.

In addition, Sigit said, the National Police also confiscated assets worth Rp. 1.5 trillion. "Meanwhile, we confiscated the assets of the crime of Rp. 1.55 trillion," said Sigit.