Police Thwarted 100 Kg Shipment, The Mode Was Smuggled Into Kerosene Drums

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JAKARTA - Police have canceled the shipment of 100 kilograms of marijuana in the Depok area, West Java. The mode of delivery is done by inserting marijuana into a kerosene drum.

"Cannabis is camouflaged in three large drums, then added with a layer of soil, the top is welded so that it is not visible from the outside. So it is as if it were an oil drum," said West Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Ady Wibowo in his statement, Friday, February 26. .

"It turns out that there is a fairly large amount of marijuana in it, more than 100 kilograms of marijuana," he continued.

There are two people named as suspects in this marijuana shipment. But Kombes Ady has not conveyed the identities of the two because of the investigation development process.

From the results of a temporary examination, this marijuana will be distributed in Java. The origin of cannabis is still being investigated.

"The results of this disclosure may be that they will market it in the Java and Bali region. There may be such indications," he said.