BANDUNG \u2014 A joint team comprising police, the Indonesian military,\nmunicipal public-order officers and the National Narcotics Agency (BNN)\ncarried out another raid at the former Saritem red-light district in\nBandung on Friday (16 October 2026). Several people were detained, three\nof whom tested positive for methamphetamine use.<\/p>\n
The joint team conducted the raid from 7pm into the night. Activity\nat the red-light district was still continuing in Saritem, and a raid\nhad also been carried out the previous week.<\/p>\n
Bandung Police Chief Dedi Supriyadi said the operation was part of\nthe National Police Chief\u2019s priority programme to rehabilitate areas\naffected by narcotics. Police worked with the BNN, the military and\nmunicipal public-order officers to conduct the raid in Saritem.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe result was that three people tested positive for using the drug\nmethamphetamine, while four women were detained by the municipal\npublic-order officers,\u201d he said on Friday, accompanied by Bandung Police\nNarcotics Chief Oliestha Ageng Wicaksana.<\/p>\n
He stressed that Bandung Police were committed to ensuring that not a\nsingle patch of land became a drug den. \u201cWe will continue to fight this;\nit is a shared commitment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He thanked the BNN and the military for taking part in the operation,\nadding that authorities would continue to work together to protect\nBandung from drug trafficking.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will certainly carry out more intensive operations at certain\nlocations, and we will involve the media openly as a means of social\noversight,\u201d he said. Previously, several men and women had been taken\naway in a lorry and brought to Bandung Police Headquarters.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/former-saritem-red-light-district-in-bandung-still-operating-several-people-detained-after-testing-positive-1792255817", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }