China helps dismantle major meth trafficking network in Southeast Asia
Joint operation with Indonesia and Malaysia shuts down what is believed to be Indonesia’s largest methamphetamine laboratory
China has broken up a major transnational drug trafficking network in cooperation with Indonesia and Malaysia, seizing around 1.2 tonnes of liquid methamphetamine, China’s Ministry of Public Security said on Friday.
The operation was carried out on October 21 by Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency (BNN), which raided and shut down a large-scale drug processing and purification facility in Aceh, Indonesia, and arrested 11 people, with help from China’s National Narcotics Control Commission (NNCC) and Malaysia’s National Anti-Drugs Agency, the ministry said.
The methamphetamine factory, housed in two shops, is believed to be the largest of its kind in Indonesia. Washing machines used to process methamphetamine, liquefied petroleum gas cylinders and other equipment and materials were also found at the site, according to local media reports.
