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Papua Police destroy marijuana from PNG
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Dangerous substance: Packages of confiscated crystal meth are shown at a press conference in Jakarta recently. The Papua Police narcotics unit destroyed 2.2 kilograms of marijuana smuggled from Papua New Guinea at a event in Jayapura, Papua, on Thursday.
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he Papua Police narcotics unit destroyed 2.2 kilograms of marijuana smuggled from Papua New Guinea at an event in Jayapura, Papua, on Thursday.
The marijuana was confiscated in separate operations that took place from Feb.4 to 16, during which seven suspects were arrested.
“Today we destroyed 2.2 kg of marijuana, the evidence confiscated in the operations, and handed over seven suspects in the cases to prosecutor offices,” the Papua Police’s narcotics unit deputy chief, Adj.Sr.Comr.JS Napitupulu, said on Thursday.
Jayapura has become a popular place for the distribution of marijuana from Papua New Guinea, and in many cases, it is bartered with electronic goods, fuel and stolen motorcycles. Marijuana is smuggled via both land and sea routes in border areas.
“Police and military personnel guarding the Indonesian-Papua New Guinea border in Skouw Wutung continue to carry out security patrols and surveillance to minimize marijuana smuggling attempts,” said Napitupulu.
Skouw Wutung is located 40 kilometers east of Jayapura.
The head of the Papua Narcotics Agency (BNN), Jackson Lapalongan, said the agency had intensified efforts to disseminate information on the dangerous impacts of narcotics in schools to prevent the spread of the harmful substances as the young generation in Papua had become the main target of marijuana distribution.
“Without preventive measures, our young generation will be destroyed by drugs. They will destroy the future of our children,” he said in Jayapura. (afr/ebf)
