Jakarta Globe, Jan 27, 2015
Jakarta. Indonesian police have announced the seizure of more than four tons of marijuana bound for Jakarta from Aceh, the latest such bust of the drug from the ostensibly staunchly conservative province.
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| A marijuana plantation in Indrapuri, Aceh, discovered by police in February 2013. (AFP Photo/Atha) |
Jakarta. Indonesian police have announced the seizure of more than four tons of marijuana bound for Jakarta from Aceh, the latest such bust of the drug from the ostensibly staunchly conservative province.
Police
discovered the drugs in a truck on the highway between Medan and Binjai in
North Sumatra on Jan. 17, Insp. Gen. Eko Sutedjo, the chief of the North
Sumatra Police, said in Medan on Monday as quoted by Detik.com.
The truck
was loaded with 96 sacks of marijuana, weighing a combined 4,250 kilograms, Eko
said.
Police
arrested the driver, Nasir, 33, and his assistant, Fadli, 40, both from Aceh.
The
suspects told investigators that the drugs came from Aceh and were destined for
Jakarta. Two of their associates, Mursal, 40, and Zulkifli, 33, were picked up
by police in Jakarta, Eko said.
“These two
suspects worked as informants, letting the others know about any police raids,”
the police chief said.
He added
that the North Sumatra Police were working with their counterparts in Aceh to
hunt down the suppliers and growers of the drugs.
Busts of
large amounts of marijuana from Aceh are common, with the drug grown on vast
farms in the province, which enforces a limited form of shariah, or Islamic
law. In October last year, police seized a truck carrying 2,000 kilograms of
the contraband after it broke down by the side of the road in Aceh. Police later
tracked down and arrested the driver, who had wandered off to find spare parts.
In early
December, police in Medan arrested nine people found with 350 kilograms of
marijuana, which also came from Aceh. And in the last week of December, police
in Jakarta arrested a truck driver from Aceh who had driven all the way to the
capital with a load of 1,200 kilograms of marijuana.
Earlier
this month, police discovered eight hectares of marijuana plants growing in
Aceh Besar district. They have not been able to identify the owner.
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