The suspects were identified as IB (42), IS alias UG (44), MA (35), and RD (37), the National Police's Criminal Investigation Division Deputy Chief Sen. Coms. Jayadi SIK stated.
IB is a resident of Bireuen District, while three others are all residents of Nagan Raya District, he noted in a press statement that ANTARA quoted here, Friday.
The four suspects have been charged with violating Indonesia's drug law that may face between four and 12 years imprisonment as well as liable to face death penalty.
Jayadi noted that the suspects also had marijuana plantations, adding that for investigation purposes, the police had also confiscated five hand phones and a cannabis rosin press from them.
The drug raid operations conducted by the police from January to May this year had resulted in the uncovering of 1,334 drug cases involving 1,610 suspects and the retrieval of 2.1 tons of cannabis, Jayadi stated.
On June 9, 2021, a joint team of personnel from the National Police and Aceh Police uncovered a Jakarta-Palembang-Medan drug ring and also seized 198 packs of dried cannabis, weighing a total of 223.95 kg, he remarked.
Based on the police investigators' analysis and local communities' tip-off, Takengon Town in Central Aceh District and Nagan Raya District are vulnerable to marijuana trafficking operations conducted by drug syndicates.
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Indonesia remains under grave threat from drug dealers, as several individuals from its working-age population have become siphoned into a vicious circle.
The National Narcotics Agency's (BNN's) report of some 50 Indonesians dying of drug use daily has failed to deter drug users in the country from consuming these banned substances.
The users of crystal methamphetamine, narcotics, marijuana, and other types of addictive drugs come from different communities and socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.
According to the result of a survey by the BNN and Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Indonesia has over 3.4 million drug users. In response to the smuggling of illicit drugs by drug kingpins and traded in the country over the past few decades, the Indonesian government continues to apply harsh punitive action against them. (INE)
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Translator: TD Iskandar, Rahmad Nasution
Editor: Yuni Arisandy Sinaga
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