Indonesia seizes record US$590mil in meth, uncovers maritime drug route in South-East Asia


Indonesia's national narcotics agency chief Marthinus Hukom showing The Straits Times a commonly used drug trafficking maritime route in South-east Asia. ST PHOTO:

JAKARTA: Indonesia is on track to record the largest seizure of drugs by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) in six years, said the agency’s chief, with confiscation of methamphetamine reaching 3.41 tonnes – with a street value of US$590 million – so far in 2025.

This half-year haul has surpassed the total annual seizure in the previous five years.

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