Smuggling Of Methamphetamine To Kotabaru Prison In South Kalimantan Has Been Foiled

Head of Kotabaru Headquarters Yosef Benjamin Yembise shows evidence of methamphetamine found. (ANTARA/Word)

JAKARTA - Class IIA Penitentiary (Lapas) Kotabaru, South Kalimantan succeeded in thwarting an attempt to smuggle methamphetamine-type drugs through the safekeeping of goods and food for the inmates. " said Head of Kotabaru Headquarters Yosef Benyamin Yembise in Kotabaru, Saturday. Currently the prison inmates are still being intensively examined by prison officials while coordinating with the Kotabaru Police to uncover the network of traffickers involved. Especially those related to drugs. "There is no room for drug abuse and trafficking in prisons, this is our commitment to create a drug-free prison," he said, quoted by Antara.

The Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in South Kalimantan, Lilik Sujandi, expressed his appreciation to the Kotabaru Class Prison officers who swiftly succeeded in thwarting the illegal goods smuggling attempt. into prisons," he said. Lilik admitted that the high intensity of storing goods ahead of Eid could be a loophole that could be used by perpetrators to smuggle prohibited items into prisons and detention centers. can check all packages that go to the Correctional Institution and Detention Center.