Police to build new cells for drug offenders

Police to build new cells for drug offenders

JAKARTA: The police are constructing a new detention center to
cope with the rising number of drug offenders.

City Police Chief Insp. Gen. Makbul Padmanagara laid on
Tuesday the foundation stone of the new detention center, which
would consist of 40 cells for drug-related criminals.

The new detention building is built especially for victims or
small drug traffickers.

Police allocated Rp 7.5 billion (US$872,000) to construct the
new detention center.

Makbul said that in the 1980s, drug offenders accounted only
five percent of those detained at police headquarters but now
accounted for 50 percent. --JP