BNN and a joint team raided drug trafficking locations in Palu City

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) of Central Sulawesi Province (Sulteng), together with a joint team, conducted raids on drug distribution sites in Palu city in an effort to eradicate narcotics abuse.

“The target of the operation (TO) is Kayumalue village, North Palu district and the area of ​​Tatanga district, suspected to be a place of distribution of narcotics,” said the acting head of the province of Central Sulawesi BNN Masnawati Rahman after carrying out the raid, in Palù, on Thursday.

He explained that in the operation involving TNI/Polri, the Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol-PP), the Central Sulawesi Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) and Kesbangpol arrested approximately 18 residents suspected of being involved in narcotics cases.

“Of the 18 people arrested, they are suspected of having the status of drug dealers and users, one of whom is a woman. They will later be interrogated and the legal process will be decided,” he said.

“We have secured all the evidence from different locations that were searched,” Masnawati said.

In this operation, he said, officers not only arrested dozens of people, but also demolished semi-permanent buildings suspected of being sites of methamphetamine trading or use.