REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- National Police and Finance Ministry have seized some 1.2 million ecstasy pills suspected to be owned by a syndicate from Netherlands, the police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian stated here on Tuesday. 

"The police seized the drugs on July 21 in a joint operation with the customs agency under the Finance Ministry," Karnavian said at the National Police headquarter in Jakarta. 

During the two months probe, the joint operation started investigating a drug package sent through a hidden route in the northern coast. Following the information, the officers trailed the package to Tangerang district in Banten Province and detained a suspect, Liu Kit Tjung or Acung (39).