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BNN urges Jakarta gubernatorial candidates to run anti-drug campaigns

The National Anti-Narcotics Agency (BNN) has urged Jakartas gubernatorial and vice gubernatorial candidates to include ...

National Narcotics Agency requires political support

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has said it needs political support from the government as well as the parliament ...

Chairman of film artists` association arrested for drug abuse

The police have arrested Gatot Bradjamusti, general chairman of the Indonesian Film Artists Association, for allegedly ...

Saving Indonesia`s future from the drug menace

The National Narcotic Agency has taken a 16-year-old teenager into custody for possession of 256.80 grams of ...

Surabaya police reveals drug abuse scandal involving soccer players

The Surabaya city police has revealed a drug abuse scandal involving soccer players after it arrested a former ...

Bank of indonesia scrutinizes payment systems to monitor drug transactions

Bank of Indonesia has confirmed it will keep an eye on payment systems, along with their supporting institutions, to ...

Preventing migrant workers from becoming drug couriers

Last year, the South China Morning Post had reported that Hong Kongs triad was targeting Indonesian migrant workers to ...

President should set up independent team to eradicate drug mafias

Human rights lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis has asked President Joko Widodo to form an independent team to eradicate drug ...

Langkat police arrest two men for carrying 20 kg hashish

The police of Langkat District in North Sumatra have arrested two residents of Bireun District for carrying 20 ...

Only four convicts executed in third wave of executions

Only four death row inmates convicted for drug trafficking were finally executed out of the 14 announced earlier by ...

Execution not against international laws: Foreign ministry

Spokesman of the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry Arrmanatha Nasir has said that executions carried out by the ...

Execution of death row prisoners in Nusakambangan imminent?

The island of Nusakambangan is closed for a week to visitors adding to the speculation that execution of death row ...

Duterte, "The Punisher", sworn in as Philippines` President

Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in as the Philippines 16th president on Thursday, capping an unlikely journey for a ...

Ensuring safe drivers during Lebaran exodus

Indonesia, which has the largest Muslim population in the world, will celebrate the post-fasting month Lebaran, or Eid ...

Narcotics Agency rehabilitates over 42 thousand drug addicts

Through the rehabilitation institution of the government and community, the Indonesia National Narcotics Agency (BNN) ...