JAKARTA - The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) of the Republic of Indonesia has succeeded in uncovering 35 suspects from 15 cases of smuggling marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and methamphetamine worth Rp. 182 billion which will be circulated at the 2024 Christmas and New Year celebrations on Thursday, December 5.
The evidence confiscated was 80,877 grams of crystal methamphetamine, 169,432.78 grams of marijuana, 59,807 pills of ecstasy and 1,968 grams of cocaine. As well as cash worth IDR 301,940,000.
"The narcotics will be circulated for New Year's Eve. Of the various evidences that we confiscated, we arrested 35 suspects," said Head of BNN RI, Komjen Martinus Hukom to reporters, Thursday, December 5.
Komjen Martinus said his party was continuing to disclose and pursue narcotics perpetrators.
"We are chasing all narcotics networks. We are conducting searches, this shows that the Indonesian National Narcotics Agency is serious about dealing with illicit drug trafficking," he said.
The head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN RI) also stated that his party carried out a large-scale operation related to narcotics. BNN's strategy is to try to close the entrance (the route of narcotics smuggling).
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"We also carried out arrest operations at sea. Operations in the sea of Central Sulawesi and Riau Islands. We carried out surveillance operations from dealers, relays from one cell and another," he said.
Komjen Martinus added that of the 15 cases were captured by BNN RI in North Sumatra, North Kalimantan, Bali, Riau Islands, East Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi, Lombok, DKI Jakarta, Banten, and Bangka Belitung.
"The Indonesian National Narcotics Agency has never stopped to uncover cases of illicit narcotics trafficking in Indonesia, both from within and within the international network. From the expression of this case, we managed to secure evidence in the form of methamphetamine, marijuana, ecstasy and cocaine," he said.
A total of 35 suspects were charged with Article 114 (2) in conjunction with Article 132 (1) sub-Article 113 (2) in conjunction with Article 132 (1), more than subsidiary to Article 112 (2) of Law No. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics. 35 suspects face the death penalty or life imprisonment.
From this disclosure, BNN claimed to have saved 475,903 lives from potential narcotics abuse.
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