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Police Break international drug ring, seizes 955 Kg of “Shabu-shabu”


Tuesday September 05, 2006

Jakarta , Aug 29 (DPA) Indonesian police Tuesday confiscated nearly one tonne of crystal methamphetamine apparently smuggled into the country from Hong Kong in one of the largest seizures in the country’s history, a senior official said. 

The national police chief, General Sutanto, said about 955 kg of crystal methamphetamine, locally known as ’shabu-shabu’, was seized during routine patrols in the Tanggerang district on the western outskirts of Jakarta, the state-run Antara news agency reported. General Sutanto said he believes the drug seizure was the largest-ever haul in Indonesia


According to local police spokesman I. Ketut Yoga Ana, the seizure occurred when police were conducting routine traffic stops on vehicles. Ana told the Detik.com news service that the drugs, worth up to 600 billion rupiah ($65.7 million), were loaded into a mini van from the back of another car. He said the van’s driver was in police custody for questioning. 

‘He (the driver) is not the main suspect,’ Ana was quoted as saying. ‘We believe that an international drug syndicate is involved in this case.’ 

Indonesian judges have handed down a number of lengthy prison sentences for narcotics trafficking in recent years, including death sentences, to act tough on a growing drug-abuse problem. In late 2004, two Thais and an Indian convicted of drug trafficking in 1994 were executed by firing squad.