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Jakarta Police destroy hundreds of kilograms of drugs

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Thu, March 2, 2017

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Jakarta Police destroy hundreds of kilograms of drugs Police display confiscated narcotics in Jakarta.before destroying them. (JP/Seto Wardhana.)

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he Jakarta Police destroyed on Thursday hundreds of kilograms of drugs, including a new form of synthetic marijuana, "gorilla tobacco", which has recently increased in popularity. The narcotics were confiscated in 19 raids conducted by the Jakarta Police over the past two months.

Using an incinerator, the police destroyed 9.77 kilograms of gorilla tobacco, which contains synthetic cannabinoids, 117 kg of methamphetamine, 228,978 ecstasy pills and 22,360 nimetazepam “happy five” pills, which were supplied by international drugs syndicate from the Netherlands, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

 “We have coordinated with the authorities from various countries in identifying domestic drug distribution as well as discovering a new drug,” head of narcotics unit Sr. Comm. Nico Afinta said at the Jakarta Police headquarters.

Gorilla tobacco, Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Mochammad Iriawan said, has a "much greater hallucinogenic effect than marijuana, which has made demand for it grow quickly."

In the raids, conducted in January and February, the police arrested a Taiwanese citizen and Chinese citizen, along with 18 Indonesians; and confiscated Rp 50 billion (US$3.74 million) worth of assets used to support the drug crimes. (dea/ipa)

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