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Police Detain 24 in Drug Raids in West Jakarta
On Friday, October 9, a joint team raided two areas in West Jakarta known as Kampung Ambon and Kampung Boncos.
The operation involved police, Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency and military personnel, among others.
Officials said the raids were part of a wider, simultaneous crackdown on illegal drug sales across Indonesia.
The team detained 24 people: 16 in Kampung Ambon and eight in Kampung Boncos.
Officials found places where people could rent a spot and equipment to use drugs, and reported that drugs had been hidden in rooms and motorbikes.
Seized items included methamphetamine, cannabis, weighing scales, drug-use equipment and sharp weapons.
Police said the detained people would be investigated and given urine tests, while the seized items would be examined further.
Joint security forces detained 24 people in raids on two suspected drug sites in West Jakarta on Friday, October 9, 2026.
Sixteen people were detained in Kampung Ambon and eight in Kampung Boncos.
Officials said the operation found suspected drug-selling and drug-use sites, including places that rented out equipment for using methamphetamine.
Authorities seized methamphetamine, cannabis, scales, drug-use equipment and sharp weapons.
The 24 people were taken for further investigation and were to undergo urine tests.
- Who
- Joint security forces detained 24 people.
- What
- Officers raided suspected drug sites and seized drugs, equipment and sharp weapons.
- When
- Friday, October 9, 2026.
- Where
- Kampung Ambon and Kampung Boncos, West Jakarta.
- Why
- The operation was part of a nationwide effort to combat drug trafficking and was described as following directions from the president and the national police chief.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Do not just treat the symptoms, but destroy the source of the disease so that the flow of drugs truly stops.
The facts we found today are that there are places, and some people rent out the bongs.
We found people trying to run, yes. Some went to the river, then we secured them.
Joint forces searched suspected drug sites in Kampung Ambon and Kampung Boncos.
Officers detained 16 people in Kampung Ambon and eight in Kampung Boncos.
The 24 people were taken for further investigation and were to undergo urine tests.
- People detained
- 24
- Kampung Ambon detentions
- 16
- Kampung Boncos detentions
- 8
- Personnel
- 700 joint-force members, according to CNN Indonesia
- Seized items
- Methamphetamine, cannabis, scales, bongs and sharp weapons
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