January 8, 2025 | 01:54 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Ditresnarkoba (narcotics unit) of Papua regional police revealed three major cities in Indonesia that became suppliers of methamphetamine to be smuggled into the Papua during the past year. These three cities are Jakarta, Surabaya, and Makassar.
"The network mode from the three cities smuggles methamphetamine through shipping services to various regions in Papua," said the Director of Drug Investigation of the Papua Police, Police Commissioner Alfian, quoted from the official website of the National Police, Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
Although these three cities are suppliers of methamphetamine to Papua, Alfian emphasized that the amount of evidence secured is relatively small compared to other regions in Indonesia. He claimed that in Papua only one kilogram of methamphetamine was found during arrests in 2024.
Alfian said that in the past year, 94 people were recorded as suspects in 56 cases of methamphetamine narcotics in Papua. The suspects were secured in several Papua Police jurisdictions, including Jayapura city and district, Mimika, Nabire, Merauke, Keerom, and Boven Digoel Regency.
In addition, Papua Police also found cases of transnational crime narcotics. Alfian said his office had handled 252 cases of this type. "The transnational crime cases occurred in 22 police stations and police stations in the Papua Police jurisdiction spread across four provinces, namely Papua Province, Papua Mountains, Central Papua and South Papua," said Alfian.
Even so, said Alfian, seven police stations were affected whose areas had no reports of transnational narcotics cases, namely Lanny Jaya Police, Deiyai Police, Dogiyai Police, Intan Jaya Police, Yalimo Police, Puncak Police and Nduga Police.
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