Palu, C Sulawesi – The Central Sulawesi police jailed 2 believed drug dealers on Friday (Sept 4), and confiscated 891.35 grams of crystal methamphetamine from them, a police representative said.
The suspects, only determined by their initials MP, 27, and H, 25, packed the illicit drug into18 small plastic bags, Central Sulawesi Cops Representative Sen.Coms. Didik Supranoto told regional reporters in Palu, the capital of Central Sulawesi Province, on Saturday.
They were nabbed in a drug raid operation carried out on Friday after the regional cops got a tip-off about suspicious activities of drug abuse in a rented house situated at Asam III Street, he stated.
The drug raid operation led to the seizure of 18 little plastic bags of crystal meth, a scale, four cellular phones, a wafer can, and a spoon, he said, adding that the suspects remain under the authorities custody for the purposes of investigation.
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Many drug cases that the Indonesian cops have discovered in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic are proof that the federal government is now all at once challenged by 2 deadly hazards: drugs and disease.
Today, 2 believed drug dealers were shot dead after they attacked Surabaya city police officers while attempting to resist arrest throughout a drug raid. On the other hand, 6 other suspects were collared in the raid.
During the raid, 17.05 kg of crystal methamphetamine was likewise seized from the suspects, Surabaya City Police Chief, Sen.Coms. Jhonny Edison Isir, said on Sept 3.
According to a recent research report by the United Nations Workplace on Drugs and Criminal Offense (UNODC), the supply chains of drug markets might be disrupted by the movement restrictions, closed borders, and a decline in overall world trade.
Prepared by the UNODC Global Research Network, the report reveals that on account of the coronavirus pandemic, the trafficking of heroin from Mexico to the United States of America, for example, has been harder this time than previously.
However, the COVID-19 crisis might also “diversify drug trafficking patterns and routes”, according to the UNODC research study report titled ‘COVID-19 and the Drug Supply Chain: From Production and Trafficking to Utilize’.
The report, published on the UNODC site (https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/covid/Covid-19- and-drug-supply-chain-Mai2020 pdf), also warns that the COVID-19 crisis could press more people into illicit drug-linked activities to earn a living.
The serious financial effect of the coronavirus crisis has actually activated layoffs in many countries, including Indonesia, and numerous unemployed individuals may get associated with illegal activities, such as production and transportation of drugs for financial factors, according to the report.
They are likewise vulnerable to be recruited by regional and transnational drug rings (UNODC’s research study report, 2020).
The UNODC’s research study finding has actually been verified by numerous drug cases that the Indonesian cops have actually revealed during the COVID-19 crisis.
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