Big Ecstasy factory uncovered

Big Ecstasy factory uncovered

JAKARTA (JP): The National Police have uncovered a large
Ecstasy producing factory on Jl. Muhtar Raya in Ciledug,
Tangerang, an official said on Friday.

Maj. Gen. Da'i Bachtiar, the chief detective in the National
Police, said the discovery was the largest this year.

"In one production cycle the factory had the capacity to make
six gallons of psychotropic substance which is enough for about
800,000 ecstasy pills," he said.

Police believe the factory ran two production cycles every
month, Da'i said.

The 3,000-square-meter factory had a reinforced production
room, double walls which had been sound-proofed, and was equipped
with high-tech machinery, he said.

Police arrested three people when they raised the factory on
Wednesday. They were Bur, 50, the factory's owner, and two
employees named Su, 28, and Tar, 24.

Police also confiscated six gallons of what turned out to be
an amphetamine substance. (ind)