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Officers from the National Narcotics Agency and Customs and Excise Directorate General arrested six suspects and are still hunting two Malaysians who are believed to be the suppliers for the syndicate.
Law enforcement officers gather around a table full of pieces of evidence confiscated from a Malaysian-led drugs syndicate during a joint press conference on July 31 in Sakura Garden, Batu Ampar area in Batam, Riau Islands. A joint operation consisting of officers from the National Narcotics Agency and the Customs and Excise Directorate General raided four locations in Batam and arrested six Indonesians. (Courtesy of Batam Customs and Excise Office/-)
Indonesian authorities said on Friday that they had dismantled a cross-border narcotics network and arrested six Indonesians while hunting for two Malaysians supplying etomidate and other drugs to the operations in Batam, Riau Islands.The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) deputy for enforcement Insp. Gen. Aswin Sipayung told a press conference that the syndicate operated in a very organized way from smuggling drugs through illegal seaports to repackaging and distributing the drugs in Riau Islands.
