Police Destroy Meths Worth IDR 34 Billion From 17 Drug Dealers

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JAKARTA - West Jakarta Metro Police Chief Commissioner Ady Wibowo destroyed 21.1 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and 299 kilograms of marijuana using an incinerator or waste crushing machine at the West Jakarta Police Headquarters yard.

The illegal goods were confiscated from 17 drug dealers who are currently serving prison terms. Those drugs were confiscated from disclosure for 2 months.

"We are working with Customs and Excise to secure it through the expedition route," said the Police Chief confirmed by VOI, Saturday, October 23.

A number of narcotics were revealed from two different modes of distribution. In the first mode, continued the Police Chief, the narcotics were smuggled through the Inter-City Inter-Provincial (AKAP) route and the second through the expedition route.

According to the Chief of Police, the drug ring arrested by the West Jakarta Metro Police was the result of a disclosure in the Jabodetabek area.

"The value of the destroyed narcotics reached IDR 34 billion. The suspects were subject to Article 114 paragraph (2) Sub-Article 113 paragraph (2), Sub-Pass 112 paragraph (2), Sub-Article 111 paragraph (2) Junto Article 132 paragraph (1) UURI No. 35 of 2009 concerning narcotics," he said.