Strong Phrases from BPOM

Kompas/Megandika Wicaksono

Vessels filled with PPC pills (paracetamol, caffeine, carisoprodol) ready for distribution were seized as evidence Tuesday (19/9) by the National Police\'s Criminal Investigation Department in cooperation with the Banyumas Police. A joint raid on two shop houses on Jl. Raya Baturraden, Purwokerto, Banyumas regency, Central Java, which were used to manufacture the drugs, found manufacturing equipment and hundreds of thousands of pills.

Humanitarian crimes and drugs market regeneration: these two phrases came from the heads of the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) and the National Narcotics Agency (BNN).

The phrases came up in response to a question regarding the rampant circulation of PCC (paracetamol, caffeine, carisoprodol) pills in Kendari and other areas in Indonesia. The pills’ distribution targeted school students in Kendari. After the PCC pills were discovered circulating in Kendari, they were found in other regions, including a separate case that uncovered 12 tons of carisoprodol smuggled in from India.