Supporting The Anti-Drug Regional Regulation For The Draft Government Of West Papua, The Police Say That Each Village Will Have A Prevention Team

Illustration of dried marijuana as evidence of drug case disclosure. (Between)

JAKARTA - The police support the West Papua Provincial Government to include the Anti-Drug Regional Regulation (Perda). It is considered that the apparatus can protect the younger generation from the misuse of these illicit goods.

The Director of Drugs at the West Papua Police, Police Commissioner Indra Napitupulu, said the presence of the Anti-Drug Regional Regulation was important because strengthening the awareness of all parties would play a role in suppressing narcotics trafficking cases.

"If only the arrests made by BNN and the police will not end the circulation of narcotics, it must be suppressed by the role of all parties. We hope to be ratified quickly," he said in Manokwari, West Papua, Tuesday, April 11, as reported by Antara.

It is recorded that throughout 2023 the West Papua Police have arrested 7 suspected drug dealers, with evidence of marijuana above 7 kilograms.

According to him, this number will continue to grow because prevention is not optimal.

Indra said that his party had received a draft Regional Regulation draft called the Regional Regulation on Prevention, Eradication, Abuse and Dark Trafficking of Narcotics (P4GN) from the Legal Bureau of the West Papua Regional Secretariat.

"We have received the draft Perda P4GN, later we will weight it by holding an FGD involving all parties," he said.

He explained, in general, in the draft, all people are involved in supervising their environment from the dangers of narcotics, while the role of the government is in terms of budgeting for prevention activities.

"Each village or village has an integrated team to anticipate the dangers of drugs and liquor, which are financed by the local government. With environmental supervision, it will close the space for narcotics trafficking," he said.