21% of Drug Suspects in Jakarta Are Young People

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Drug and Psychotropic Substance Offense Suspects by Age, 2015

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Drug and Psychotropic Substance Offense Suspects by Age, 2015

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In 2015, based on data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), Jakarta experienced more than 17,000 narcotics and psychotropic substance crime cases involving almost 24,000 suspects. These suspects came from various age groups; over 20 percent, or more than 5,000, were young people under 24 years old. The largest group, however, comprised those over 29 years old, accounting for 40 percent or more than 9,000 individuals. The total number of suspects across all age groups was 23,925.

The high number of young suspects acting as drug traffickers is not without reason. Drug syndicates have meticulously studied the maximum penalties for child traffickers in Indonesia, where the sentence is only half that of an adult. This legal loophole is exploited by drug syndicates to facilitate their operations. Furthermore, the use of children minimizes suspicion from law enforcement.

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