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Archipelago 3 weeks 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 1 month ago
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Bima police chief, subordinates arrested for drug trafficking
Didik was arrested after the authorities discovered a suitcase containing 16.3 grams of methamphetamine, 50 ecstasy pills, 19 alprazolam tablets, two “Happy Five” pills and 5 grams of ketamine during a raid at the private residence of a female police officer in Karawaci, Tangerang, on Feb. 11.
Archipelago 1 month ago
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Brazilian sentenced to 18 years in prison for smuggling cocaine to Bali
Da Costa was arrested on July 13 last year upon arriving at Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport from Brazil. Customs officers discovered two packages in his luggage containing a total of 3.2 kilograms of cocaine.
Archipelago 2 months ago
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Manhunt underway for death row defendant who escaped after trial in North Sumatra
The fugitive, identified as 39-year-old Syalihin GP, was arrested by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) in May last year together with eight other suspects for allegedly trafficking 214 kilograms of marijuana.
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 3 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.
Society 5 months ago
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Scandals prompt retraining of more than 1,000 prison guards at Nusakambangan
The decision to launch the retraining initiative comes amid heightened scrutiny of Indonesia’s correctional system, after it was revealed that actor Ammar Zoni, currently serving a four-year sentence at Salemba Penitentiary in Central Jakarta for narcotics related charges, was allegedly involved in drug trafficking inside the facility, along with five other inmates.
