Acehnese nabbed for marijuana trafficking

Acehnese nabbed for marijuana trafficking

JAMBI: Jambi police arrested two more Acehnese people on Thursday for trying to traffic a total of 12 kilograms of marijuana from Aceh to Jakarta.

Jambi Provincial Police Chief Brig. Gen. Toto Soewali said here on Friday that the two suspects and the drugs were netted in separate places in the Batanghari regency.

"One was nabbed from a passenger bus PMTOH while another one was taken from another passenger bus", said Toto.

He said that over the last two months, the police had foiled three drug smuggling cases by using a drug dog from National Police Headquarters in Jakarta.

Previously, the police had arrested two Acehnese men, identified as Zainuddin, 25, and Amin, 29, for trying to smuggle 50 kilograms of marijuana from Aceh through the province to Jakarta.

Toto said the police would continue its operation to halt the rampant smuggling of banned drugs through the province.

"The 247-kilometer trans-Sumatra Highway in the province is quite prone to trafficking of banned drugs and narcotics such as marijuana, shabu-shabu and ecstasy pills," he said. --Antara