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Police Cut Power to Rebuilt Drug Stalls in West Jakarta
During an operation on October 15, a joint team raided Kampung Ambon in West Jakarta after drug-selling stalls were rebuilt following earlier police demolition.
Police worked with the state electricity company, PLN, to cut power to several buildings used as stalls.
Some of the stalls had also taken electricity without using meters.
The operation detained seven people, and six tested positive for drug use.
Officers seized cannabis, a small amount of methamphetamine, drug-use equipment, scales and dozens of weapons, including 47 bladed weapons.
Police cut the stalls’ electricity to stop them being used again and said the move was intended to deter the sellers.
The operation involved 165 personnel from national and Jakarta police units and the Jakarta branch of Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency.
Police cut electricity to rebuilt drug stalls in Kampung Ambon, West Jakarta, during an operation on October 15.
The stalls had been dismantled before, but some were rebuilt and used again.
Police said some stalls had taken electricity directly from outside the meter.
A joint operation involving 165 personnel detained seven people, six of whom tested positive for drug use.
Officers seized drugs, drug-use equipment and weapons, including 47 bladed weapons.
- Who
- Police, narcotics officers and Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency carried out the operation.
- What
- Police cut power to rebuilt drug stalls and detained seven people.
- When
- October 15, 2026.
- Where
- Kampung Ambon, Cengkareng Timur, Cengkareng, West Jakarta.
- Why
- Police said the stalls had been rebuilt for drug sales and some were using stolen electricity.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Police had dismantled drug stalls in Kampung Ambon, but some were rebuilt.
A joint operation in Kampung Ambon detained seven people and police cut power to several drug stalls.
- Operation date
- October 15, 2026
- Personnel
- 165 joint-operation officers
- People detained
- 7
- Positive drug tests
- 6 of the 7 detained
- Bladed weapons seized
- 47
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What people are saying
Some stalls were rebuilt, so we cut their electricity supply to prevent them from being used again, and also because they were stealing electricity by taking it directly from outside the meter.