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Police seize 2.1 tons of marijuana from Aceh
The National Police, in cooperation with the South Jakarta Police and the West Jakarta Police, have confiscated 2
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he National Police, in cooperation with the South Jakarta Police and the West Jakarta Police, have confiscated 2.1 tons of marijuana worth around Rp 6.3 billion (US$483,842) from Aceh in separate operations in several places across Jakarta.
Police said smugglers distributed the marijuana in various ways, one of which was by transporting it in trucks they filled with rotten fruit and vegetables to mask the smell.
In the operations, officers arrested nine suspects and confiscated three vehicles used to transport the narcotics from Aceh through Medan, North Sumatra, Palembang, South Sumatra, Lampung, Banten and Jakarta.
"We're still investigating the drug network and which marijuana plantations it came from," said National Police detective division head Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso in a press conference on Monday.
The smugglers will be charged under articles 114 and 132 of Law no. 35/2009 on drugs, which carry a maximum sentence of capital punishment.
Separately, Langkat Police in North Sumatra said they recently seized 18 kilograms of marijuana smuggled from Aceh to Medan. (fsu/ebf)(+++)
