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Archipelago 1 month ago
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Police seize 29 kilos of meth smuggled from Thailand to Aceh
A man has been arrested in Aceh over an attempt to smuggle 29 kilograms of the illicit substance, in the latest case along the eastern Sumatra coast amid a surge in drug trafficking activities across Southeast Asia, according to an UNODC report.
Archipelago 1 month ago
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North Sumatra Police arrest over 1,100 in drug crackdown
North Sumatra has the highest rate of drug abuse in Indonesia. Around 1.5 million people, roughly 10 percent of the province’s 15 million residents, are affected by drug abuse, significantly higher than the national average of 2.7 percent.
Archipelago 2 months ago
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Ukrainian woman sentenced to 20 years for smuggling drugs in Bali
Vakarova was arrested on Aug. 3 last year upon arriving at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali from Warsaw, Poland, after customs officers discovered over 2 kilograms of drugs in her pink suitcase.
Archipelago 4 months ago
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Riau court sentences drug courier to death for smuggling meth from Malaysia
The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has previously reported that the Indonesia-Malaysia border has thousands of informal crossing points, making it difficult for authorities to effectively monitor illicit activities.
Archipelago 6 months ago
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Dutch man faces death penalty in Bali over alleged cannabis farm
Inside the second floor of the house, police reportedly found a large number of marijuana plants being cultivated using hydroponic methods. Authorities described the operation as highly organized, with separate zones for seed germination, nursery care and the cultivation of mature, harvest-ready plants.
Archipelago 7 months ago
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Ukrainian sentenced to life for running drug lab in Bali
Nazarenko was apprehended in December 2024 by investigators from the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) at an airport in Bangkok, while attempting to flee to the United Arab Emirates.
Archipelago 8 months ago
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Peruvian woman faces death penalty for alleged drug smuggling to Bali
The 42-year-old woman, identified only as NSBC, was arrested at Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport on Aug. 12 after authorities allegedly found more than 1.4 kilograms of cocaine and 33.9 grams of ecstasy in her possession.
