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West Jakarta police continue intensive hunt for 115-kg marijuana owner

The West Jakarta police officers have continued their manhunt for a drug kingpin owning 115 kilograms (kg) of marijuana ...

Police confirms 12 cops in Bandung detained for consuming drugs

The West Java Police's Internal Affairs Division (Propam) detained 12 police officers, including the chief of ...

BNN uncovers family-run narcotics racket, seizes 3.2 kg drugs

Acting on a tip, officials from the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) busted a family-run drug-trafficking racket in ...

Govt to continue efforts to make Jakarta drug-free

The Jakarta provincial government has said it will continue to work with the Jakarta Metropolitan Police and other ...

Jakarta police destroy several hundred kilos of drugs

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police on Wednesday destroyed several hundred kilograms of drugs seized in raids between ...

Abdul Kadir defends drug use

Popular Indonesian celebrity Abdul Kadir who was arrested for drug use recently has claimed that it was the first time ...

Kendari's 16 neighborhoods identified as drug abuse red zones: BNN

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) revealed that its mapping last year found 16 neighborhoods in Kendari, Southeast ...

KKP, JICA collaborate to lower climate change impacts

The Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) Ministry is teaming up with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to ...

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Expanding utilization of waqf assets

Historically, the waqf has served an important role in economic empowerment of the Islamic community. This can be ...

Police seize 570-kg drug consignment headed to Jakarta

Police in Mandailing Natal district, North Sumatra, prevented three drug couriers from transporting 570 kilograms of ...

Smugglers busted carrying 131 kilograms of crystal meth from Malaysia

Indonesia's imposition of severe punishment on drug lords and dealers apparently failed to deter two local ...

VP presses for more professional, modern management of cash waqf

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin called to improve the management of cash waqf to be more professional and modern in ...

Cash waqf can potentially reach Rp188 trillion: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) touted that the potential for waqf in Indonesia is very high, including for waqf in the ...

Police arrest young drug courier in North Jakarta

West Jakarta metropolitan police officers thwarted a 22-year-old drug courier's attempt to deliver a crystal ...

Papua BNN seizes 200 packs of marijuana from two dealers

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) in Papua Province seized 200 packs of dried marijuana from two drug dealers ...