Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – The Chief of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police, Inspector General Karyoto, stated that they are currently intensively uncovering the drug circulation within their jurisdiction. He claimed that the Jakarta Metropolitan Police have been apprehending over a hundred drug addicts every week.
"Enforcement almost every moment, including apprehensions of drug abuse or addicts, which amounts to over a hundred per week," he said when met at the Metro Jaya Meeting Hall on Thursday, May 8, 2025.
According to Karyoto, the rampant drug abuse is inseparable from the large circulation of narcotics in Jakarta. Because the circulation of drugs is a supply chain from the smallest, the addicts, dealers, traffickers, and larger-scale traffickers, to the producers.
Therefore, he mentioned that the Jakarta Metropolitan Police is collaborating with the Indonesian National Police Headquarters and the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) to eradicate drug circulation in Jakarta and its surrounding areas.
"If these substances are used, there are certainly dealers, traffickers, and larger-scale traffickers. Through these methods, we are collaborating with the Indonesian National Police Headquarters and BNN to uncover even larger networks," he said.
Most recently, the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Drug Investigation Director revealed an international drug circulation network on Monday, May 5, 2025. Two suspects with the initials S and SS were arrested in Tambora, West Jakarta. The Sub-Directorate 3 of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Drug Investigation Director, Adjunct Commissioner General Ade Chandra, stated that in the arrest, the police seized three kilograms of crystal meth wrapped in Chinese tea packaging.
"We have apprehended two suspects with three kilograms of crystal meth as evidence," said Ade Chandra in a press statement on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
Ade explained that the uncovering started from public information about suspicious activities in a house in the Tanah Sereal area, Tambora District, West Jakarta. After surveillance and investigation, the police apprehended two suspects at the location. Investigators suspect that the crystal meth originated from Malaysia.
Ade detailed that the evidence seized by the police included three green-packaged Chinese tea plastic-wrapped sachets containing a total of three kilograms of crystal meth, four small clip plastic packets containing a total of 3.91 grams of crystal meth, two mobile phones, and an electric scale.
Ade suspected that the crystal meth was intended for distribution in the Jakarta and Lombok areas. However, he mentioned that they are still investigating this case. "We are still digging into this network to uncover other perpetrators involved," he said.
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