Police Reveal Jakarta-Netherlands Narcotics Network

Jakarta Globe, Bayu Marhaenjati, December 21, 2011

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The National Police narcotics division revealed a drug network on Wednesday between the Netherlands and Jakarta that they uncovered on Dec. 14. The police confiscated 85,000 ecstasy pills and 3,000 grams of methamphetamines worth Rp 29 billion ($3.19 million).

“We have arrested the perpetrator with the initials Y.U.N. in Ruko Harco in Mangga Dua, and confiscated the evidence [the drugs] allegedly sent from the Netherlands,” Brig. Gen. Arman Depari, the National Police’s narcotics director, said on Wednesday.

Arman said the narcotic storage area was surrounded by electronics shops in the Mangga Dua area.

“After interrogating Y.U.N., police have arrested two other suspects M.A.R. and VE.R.,” he said.

M.A.R. and V.E.R. told police they got the drugs from the Netherlands sent by a Dutch national with the initials B.C. The other Dutch man, G.N., was the drug financier.

“B.C. and G.N. are Dutch nationals and are still being searched for,” Arman said.