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E.Kalimantan Police open 1,635 drug cases so far in 2016
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Harmful substance -- Police display crystal methamphetamine or sabu-sabu at a press conference in Jakarta recently. (Tempo/-)
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he East Kalimantan Police say they opened 1,635 drug cases in areas across east and north Kalimantan in the first six months of 2016.
“From the cases, 2,180 people have been named suspects,” East Kalimantan Police chief Insp.Gen.Safarudin said in Balikpapan on Saturday.
He further said that from the cases, the police confiscated 54,045 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine or sabu-sabu, 5,061 ecstasy pills, 472,634 LL or double L pills, and more than 19 kg of marijuana as evidence. Most of the evidence has been destroyed while half of the cases have already passed trial, he added.
Safarudin said he had set a target of at least seven cases per week in three police precincts in two cities, namely Balikpapan and Samarinda, and Kutai Kartanegara regency.
“I set a target of only four cases per week for other police precincts, but for those three areas there should be a minimum of seven cases discovered per week. If they cannot reach the weekly target, they must make up for it in the following week,” he said.
Balikpapan Police chief Adj.Sr.Comr.Jeffri Dian Juniarta said his office had fulfilled the target set by the East Kalimantan Police.
“Early last week, for instance, we arrested two people with more than 29 grams of sabu-sabu as evidence in the former red-light district of Manggarsari,” he said. One of the people, identified only as Darwis, is strongly suspected to be a drug dealer. (ebf)
