JAKARTA: Indonesia National Narcotics Agency (BNN) seized and confiscated 840 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine at Lotte Mart Taman Surya Park, Kalideres, West Jakarta here the other day.
This is the largest amount of illegal drugs ever confiscated by the BNN. “This was the biggest confiscation in BNNs history,” Deputy for Narcotics Eradication Affairs of the BNN Brig. Gen Dedi Fauzi said here the other day.
BNN arrested nine suspected narcotics dealers. They were caught red-handed while conducting their transactions at Lotte Mart Taman Surya Park.
The nine suspects were four Hong Kong citizens, one Malaysian, and four Indonesians, known by their initials as SL, SN, TST, TSL, SEF, CHM, WCP, SJJ, and ADK, respectively.
The BNN confiscated 42 sacks that altogether contained 840 kilograms of methamphetamine.
According to Fauzi, the drug syndicates had been hunted for years by the seven countries of Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, China, Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia.
Furthermore, Chief of the BNN Isp. Gen. Anang Iskandar stated in Jambi that the number of narcotics users in Indonesia is now 4.2 million.