Indonesia seizes over 2 tons of narcotics in one of the country’s largest drug busts
Authorities said the haul included 1.2 tons of liquid methamphetamine and 1.16 tons of ketamine tied to an international trafficking network.
- On Friday, Indonesian authorities announced two major drug seizures in Aceh and Sumatra, with National Police Chief Gen. Suyudi Ario Seto confirming the success of the dual operations.
- Authorities raided a clandestine drug laboratory in Pidie, Aceh, on Wednesday, seizing 1.2 tons of liquid methamphetamine and arresting 11 suspects including nine Indonesians and two Chinese nationals.
- Off Tanjungbalai Asahan, intelligence officers intercepted the Mongolian-flagged tanker MT Global 168 on Wednesday, finding 58 sacks of ketamine at Belawan Port and arresting eight crew members including seven Indonesians and one Taiwanese national.
- Valued at $210 million, the ketamine seizure prompted Seto to state the operations saved "millions of young lives," while investigators trace links to international syndicates in China, Malaysia, and the Golden Triangle.
- These seizures follow a similar operation two months ago involving 2.6 tons of methamphetamine near Singapore, as The United Nations Office notes international syndicates continue targeting Indonesia as a major trafficking hub.
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The Indonesian National Police secured evidence of premium quality crystal methamphetamine, also known as Blue Ice, weighing 1.2 tons.
In two separate operations in Indonesia, 2.36 tons of drugs were seized. The operations, which included ketamine worth approximately $210 million, resulted in the arrest of 19 suspects, including foreign nationals.
JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities in Aceh have seized 1.2 tons of liquid methamphetamine and detained a ship carrying 1.16 tons of ketamine off the coast of Sumatra, the Associated Press reported today.
https://www.law-justice.co/detail.php?ID=212414A total of 1.2 tons of liquid methamphetamine were secured from the disclosure of the largest clandestine narcotics laboratory in Indonesia located in Pidie, Aceh.
National Police Chief General Suyudi Ario Seto uncovered a laboratory in Aceh where 1.2 tons of Blue Ice methamphetamine were produced. This discovery was a joint operation between the National Police, the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), and Customs and Excise.
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