Regulatory Revision Needed to Enforce Law
National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chairman Comr. Gen. Heru Winarko (center), accompanied by BNN eradication deputy Insp. Gen. Arman Depari (third left) and House or Representatives Commission III member Hinca Panjaitan (fifth left) show narcotics to the press at the BNN parking lot in Cawang, Jakarta Friday (1/3/2019). The BNN destroyed 99.7 kilograms of methamphetamine, 9,990 ecstasy pills and 118.34 kg of khat leaf, which had been seized from four suspects.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS – A revision of regulations is necessary to improve law enforcement against drug abuse and the drug trade. This has become particularly clear with the National Narcotics Agency’s most recent update on the number of narcotics found in Indonesia, which increased from last year’s 73 types to 74 this year.
This is the statement delivered by BNN chief Comr. Gen. Heru Winarko on the sidelines of the destruction of 99.7 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, 9,990 ecstasy pills and 118.34 kg of khat leaves in Jakarta on Friday (1/3/2019). He said such public destruction of narcotics would remain an ineffective strategy in the fight against drug syndicates as long as the government and the House of Representatives did not strengthen the relevant regulations.