Foreign players in drug business

Foreign players in drug business

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The police here said on Friday that they suspected the involvement of an international network behind drug trafficking in the province, while calling for greater cooperation from the public to fight the crime.

"Although we have arrested drug traffickers and users, new faces keep turning up," said West Nusa Tenggara chief of detectives Sr. Comr. Wahyudi. "It has created the impression that there's no end of people involved in the drug business."

Wahyudi suspected the involvement of an international network behind the emergence of "new faces" every time the police arrested drug dealers. He did not elaborate any further.

He hoped the public would cooperate with the police to clamp down on the crime.

"To eradicate and prevent it (drug trafficking), the public's participation must be increased," he said.

To facilitate such cooperation, the province has also established a branch of the National Narcotics Agency, which would become operational soon, Wahyudi added. -- Antara