Jakarta – The Task Force for Combating Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (Satgas Polri) released the arrests of 3,410 suspects in cases of alleged narcotics abuse. The thousands of suspects arrested were the result of the action taken from 18 October to 14 November.
Head of the Task Force for Combating Drug Abuse and Illegal Trafficking, Irjen Pol Asep Edi Suheri revealed, that this number was the result of arrests from 18 October to 14 November. This arrest is also estimated to have saved 2,510,127 lives.
“Arrested 3,410 suspects, of which 2,779 are currently under investigation and 631 other suspects are being rehabilitated,” said the two-star general who graduated from the 1994 Panaluan Single Battalion of the Police Academy, Friday, (17/11).
He further stated that the Task Force had issued 2,291 police reports during that time period. Meanwhile, from the disclosure, a total of 291.16 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and 166,232 thousand ecstasy pills were successfully secured as evidence.
Not just methamphetamine and ecstasy, of course. There was also evidence of 381.3 kilograms of marijuana, 9 kilograms of gorilla tobacco, 20 kilograms of ketamine and 657,966 thousand hard drugs from list G.
He said again, if calculated from the time the Task Force was formed on September 21 to November 17 2023, the total number of suspects arrested had reached 7,566 people.
Of this number, 6,280 people underwent legal investigation and the remaining 1,286 people were rehabilitated. Bembo
