Police and Customs officers catch a Taiwanse vessel with Singapoeran flag illegally carrying 1.6 tons of methamphetamine is caught at Helen Mars waters, Karang Banten, Riau Islands, on Tuesday (Feb 20).

Drugs smuggling reached alarming level: House speaker

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Attempts to smuggle large quantities of drugs repeatedly into the country had reached an unprecedented level, House Speaker Bambang Soesatyo stated. He urged the police to thoroughly investigate the syndicates of drug networks operating in Indonesia. Soesatyo made the statement in response to the attempt to smuggle in three tons of meth aboard a Taiwanese-flagged fishing boat...