Central Jakarta's Kajari Says Drug Evidence Seizures Is Increasing This Year

JAKARTA - A number of narcotics evidence from 393 case files that have legal force (inkracht) were destroyed by burning in the courtyard of the Central Jakarta District Attorney's Office (Kejari Jakpus), Kemayoran.

In addition, other types of narcotics are also destroyed using environmentally friendly incinerators.

The head of the Central Jakarta District Attorney's Office, Bima Suprayoga, said that his party destroyed this evidence as an obligation as the public prosecutor in carrying out the destruction of the goods.

Bima said that all these drugs were from January 2021 to December 2022. The types of drugs destroyed included 122.2 grams of cocaine, 11,810 grams of marijuana, 13,164 grams of crystal methamphetamine, 2,632 pills of ecstasy, and 2,352 other illegal drugs.

"In addition to drugs, we destroyed 1 box of cellphones of various types, electric scales and a large box of drug suction devices," he said, Monday, May 30.

Bima admits that the amount of evidence destroyed is currently increasing. In particular, evidence of drugs has increased in number.

"The number of exterminations has increased this year. We hope that the community will not use drugs and commit other crimes," he said.