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Jakarta Police thwart drug smuggling attempts at own headquarters
The Jakarta Police have foiled attempts to distribute drugs inside its own headquarters, according to Jakarta Police Narcotics Unit head Sr. Comr. Nico Afinta.
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Police display sabu-sabu (crystal methamphetamine) during a press conference in Jakarta recently. (Tempo/-)
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he Jakarta Police have foiled attempts to distribute drugs inside its own headquarters, according to Jakarta Police Narcotics Unit head Sr. Comr. Nico Afinta.
Officers discovered on Thursday that detainees have asked their relatives and friends to smuggle drugs, mostly a type of sabu-sabu (crystal methamphetamine), into the detention center.
The amount ranged between 1 and 5 grams, Nico said.
“We found the drugs slipped into in food or clothes,” Nico said as quoted by kompas.com.
The visitors were arrested and named as suspects.
On Thursday, the Jakarta Police awarded 14 officers who succeeded in thwarting drug smuggling attempts inside the detention center.
“We want to change perception that detainees can easily get drugs; that should not happen in the Jakarta Police [detention center],” Nico said. (cal)
