Govt to set up Narcotics Agency

Sat, 02 Feb 2002, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: In a bid to curb rampant drug abuse and trafficking,
the government will soon form a National Narcotics Agency (BNN)
that will be given the power to take legal steps against both
users and dealers.

"The formation of BNN is still being discussed by the state
secretariat, police headquarters, customs and excise directorate
general and state intelligence agency (BIN)," State Minister for
Administrative Reform Feisal Tamin said here on Thursday.

Feisal said BNN, which would replace the existing National
Narcotics Coordination Agency (KBNN), would be empowered to take
legal and operational steps to fight the thriving narcotics trade
in the country.

Data issued by a number of non-governmental organizations in
2000 showed that 3.4 million people nation-wide were drug users,
including narcotic addicts, a rise of a whopping 70 percent on
1999 figures. -- Antara

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