Asia-Pacific

Indonesian police iron handed on drug smuggling

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-20 20:01

JAKARTA: Indonesia police launched Wednesday a "zero tolerance" drug program at Jakarta international airport of Soekarno-Hatta as part of efforts to crack down drug trafficking and drug abuse across the country, the Jakarta Post. com reported here.

Indonesia Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri said that the program would be the vanguard of the national campaign against drugs, often found to have been smuggled into the country through the airport.

"We need to cooperate and conduct a joint study with related parties such as airport and seaport operators, state prosecutors and penitentiaries in an attempt to anticipate and prevent drug- related crime," Bambang said.

According to Bambang the police had prepared a new measure to stamp out drug offenses, but refused to go into details of the police's new measure.

Customs and officers at Jakarta's international airport have arrested dozens of foreigners who attempted to smuggle drugs into the country over the past few months.