JAKARTA - The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has dismantled the practice of clandestine laboratories for narcotics in the Gianyar area, Bali.
The operation, which took place on Thursday, March 5, 2026, to Friday, March 6, 2026, managed to secure two Russian citizens with the initials NT and TS.
BNN also seized a number of materials suspected of being used to produce synthetic narcotics of the mephedrone type.
Head of the Indonesian National Narcotics Agency, Inspector General of Police. Suyudi Ario Seto, said that the discovery of narcotics began with the delivery of suspicious packages from China addressed to the Post Office in Gianyar, Bali, in January 2026. The package was sent using false data.
Then on Thursday, March 5, 2026, at around 23.45 WITA, the joint team managed to secure one perpetrator.
"The perpetrator is a Russian citizen with the initials NT in a villa in Sukawati District, Gianyar, Bali," said Inspector General of Police. Suyudi when confirmed, Saturday, March 7, 2026.
From the location, officers found a vehicle key and another villa key which then led to the development of the subsequent investigation.
During the search of the suspect's car, a type of LCGC, officers found a number of evidence that was allegedly used in the production process of mephedrone.
"The evidence seized is a white jeriken, a blue jeriken containing ethyl acetate, a box of clothes containing two bottles of happy growth glass, 96% alcohol, a jeriken containing liquid, a green mineral bottle, a jeriken 'EA', a glass bottle methylamine, a filter, a can bottle, and a bottle of 'AG+ silver'," he said.
After searching the suspect's car, officers again developed the case. On Friday, March 6, 2026, at around 01.00 WITA, officers found various materials and equipment for clandestine laboratories.
"Blue plastic containing citric acid, orange container containing cloth, white bag with a jeriken containing liquid, jeriken containing yellow liquid, jeriken containing brown liquid, brown bottle of dichloromethane, jeriken containing liquid, glass, and plastic containing residue," he said.
"Then a plate containing residues, a plastic clip containing white crystals (mephedrone), a green lid basin containing brown liquid, a brown methylamine bottle, a brown hydrobromic acid bottle, a brown liquid bottle, and a clear liquid bottle were found," he said.
Furthermore, the evidence seized was residual cloth, a green bucket containing liquid chocolate, a black plastic containing Dolpin salt, a glass bottle containing clear liquid, and a plastic clip containing crystal suspected of being mephedrone.
"There are digital scales, clear plastic rolls, respirator masks, filter paper, 2 liter suction erlenmeyer, pots, and ladles, as well as 20 ml syringes," he said.
Meanwhile, the results of the examination conducted by the BNN Narcotics Laboratory Team, confirmed that the substance produced by the clandestine lab was a type of mephedrone which was included in the I group of narcotics.
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