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Jakarta Police launch app for public to report drug abuse
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Police escort drug smuggler suspects during a press conference at The National Monument in Jakarta, on December 6. Today, 445 kg of meth, 422 kg of marijuana and 190,840 ecstasy pills collected from November through December were incinerated. (JP/Seto Wardhana.)
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outh Jakarta Police launched a smartphone app called “Lapor Berantas Narkoba” (Report and Eradicate Drugs), in which residents can report drug abuse in South Jakarta through an Android smartphone.
The app is integrated with Jakarta province’s reporting app Qlue. Launched on Thursday, the app can be used only by those using Telkomsel service.
South Jakarta Police Anti-Drug Unit head Comr. Vivict Tjangkung said the program was made in response to a number of drug abuse cases.
“Jakarta and the satellite cities, including South Jakarta, are good places for drug abusers to open networks. We have to step up our game and involve the public,” she said as quoted by tribunnews.com.
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She said the most popular drug in South Jakarta was crystal methamphetamine or sabu sabu.
From 2014 to 2015 in South Jakarta, drug abuse reports increased by 14 percent, showing that South Jakarta was a “convenient” place for drug abuse. (evi)
