Bekasi destroys ecstasy pills

Bekasi destroys ecstasy pills

BEKASI: The Bekasi Municipal Narcotics Agency (BNK Bekasi)
burned around 800,000 ecstasy pills on Saturday seized by police
in a number of raids in the municipality.

"It (the incineration) is part of our war on drug traffickers
in Bekasi municipality," said BNK Bekasi chairman Mochtar Mohamad
on the sidelines of the event attended by the administration
officials, the police and the military.

Mochtar, who is also Bekasi deputy mayor, called on all
parties, including religious leaders, youth organizations, school
principals, teachers and students, to take part in the antidrug
campaign.

He also stressed the need for all schools to conduct urine
tests on new students enrolling for the 2005/2006 academic year.

Head of Bekasi Police Sr. Comr. Edward Syah said that the
National Narcotics Agency (BNN) recorded that four people died of
drug abuse per day or 1,460 per year across the country. --
Antara