Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) – Papua Police foiled an attempt of smuggling 10 kilograms of drugs from Papua New Guinea near the Holtekamp area of Jayapura City on Friday (Oct 9).
Director for Drug Crimes Investigation in Papua Police, Senior Commissioner Alfian, said that police officers found the drugs abandoned during an inspection in Holtekamp.
“We found suspicious individuals near the area where we later found marijuana in rice sacks. However, they escaped when our officers approached them,” Alfian said here on Saturday.
The drugs were smuggled through illegal pathways along the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea border.
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The location was suspected to be a transit area for the drug smugglers, Alfian said, as he highlighted the presence of an unfinished wooden hut at the site located some 500 meters away from the nearest road.
“The location makes it easy for them to escape into the forest when they hear anyone approaching the hut, as we found during the Friday operation,” the police officer noted.
Alfian said the raid was carried out as part of “Operation Drug Den” to uncover drug smuggling, trade, and abuse cases in the region.
The operation involves 75 personnel and is taking place until November 9.
During the same operation on Friday, police officers also took action against four minors who were found abusing drugs and intoxicated from sniffing glue and consuming alcoholic beverages.
“They will undergo drug rehabilitation,” he said.
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