REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) considers that drug mafia must be sentenced to death to prevent demoralization in the country.

The ulamas appreciate National Narcotics Agency (BNN) which seized 840 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine at Lotte Mart Taman Surya Park, West Jakarta, on Monday, the largest amount of illegal drugs ever confiscated. Police also arrested a musician with the initials "FRM" for alleged possession of heroin.

"The confiscation is a great achievement," The Head of Anti-Narcotics Committee at MUI, Anwar Abbas, said on Wednesday, January 7.

However, he asked BNN and police to be smarter in order to nab more narcotics dealers. The dealers have many ways to smuggle drugs to the country, from airplane to small ships.

BNN seized and confiscated 840 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine nine suspected narcotics dealers at Lotte Mart Taman Surya Park, Kalideres, West Jakarta, on Monday. "This was the biggest confiscation in BNNs history," Deputy for Narcotics Eradication Affairs of the BNN Brig. Gen Dedi Fauzi said.

The nine suspects were four Hong Kong citizens, one Malaysian, and four Indonesians, known by their initials as SL, SN, TST, TSL, SEF, CHM, WCP, SJJ, and ADK, respectively. Fauzi said, the drug syndicates had been hunted for years by the seven countries of Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, China, Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia.

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