In 2015, based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Jakarta recorded over 17,000 narcotics and psychotropic substance crime cases involving almost 24,000 suspects. The majority of suspects were involved in methamphetamine (shabu) cases, totaling 10,183, followed by cannabis (ganja) with 7,823 suspects according to police data. The total number of suspects across all narcotics types was 23,925.
Furthermore, according to data from the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), narcotics use is largely attributed to a lack of public understanding about narcotics, insufficient public concern, and inadequately stringent laws. Within ASEAN, Indonesia represents the largest market for narcotics sales, while China and Thailand are the largest importers.
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