Police seize 174,7 kg drugs

PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Police have seized 174,7 kilograms of dried marijuana and arrested 48 alleged drug traffickers in 21 smuggling cases from Jan.1 to Nov. 6.

Muas Musa, spokesman from Sumatra's South Division Police said that the latest foiled drug smuggling attempt was in Jambi, South Sumatra on Nov.6 when police arrested two suspects for carrying 12,7 kilograms of dried marijuana. Both were passengers of a bus heading for Jakarta.

The Jambi Police carried out the anti drug operation in cooperation with the mobile detective team and sniffer dogs.

The largest seizure took place in South Lampung, on Oct. 14 where police confiscated 88,6 kilograms of marijuana followed by 67,8 kilograms in Musi Rawas on Oct. 24.

Muas said that the police will incinerate 190 grams of marijuana seeds, 600 seedlings and 800 plants from a recent bust. (22)