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Nine People Test Positive in Jakarta Anti-Drug Operation
Indonesian anti-drug officers tested visitors in two Jakarta areas during a joint operation on Sunday, October 18, 2026.
The teams worked in Pantai Indah Kapuk, known as PIK, and East Jakarta, including a raid at a nightclub in PIK.
Six people in PIK and three in East Jakarta tested positive for drugs in urine tests.
Officers seized vape devices or cartridges suspected of containing drugs, and a liquid sample linked to possible etomidate use is being checked in a laboratory.
The positive tests do not show where the drugs came from; officials said they could have been brought in by visitors, and they found no methamphetamine on people who tested positive for amphetamines.
Officials are assessing the nine people to determine whether they were drug users or connected to trafficking networks.
If the assessments show they were only users, they will be referred for rehabilitation.
A joint anti-drug operation in Jakarta found nine visitors who tested positive for narcotics.
The National Narcotics Agency and the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department conducted operations in Pantai Indah Kapuk and East Jakarta.
Six people tested positive in Pantai Indah Kapuk and three in East Jakarta.
Officials seized vapes or cartridges suspected of containing narcotic substances, including a sample suspected to contain etomidate that is undergoing laboratory testing.
The agency is assessing the nine people to determine whether they are users or linked to drug distribution networks.
- Who
- The National Narcotics Agency and the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department carried out the operation.
- What
- Nine visitors tested positive for narcotics during a joint operation.
- When
- Early Sunday, October 18, 2026.
- Where
- Pantai Indah Kapuk and East Jakarta, Jakarta.
- Why
- The operation searched visitors and locations suspected of storing narcotics.
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Joint teams searched visitors and locations in Pantai Indah Kapuk and East Jakarta.
Six people in Pantai Indah Kapuk and three in East Jakarta tested positive.
The National Narcotics Agency began assessing the nine people and sent a suspected etomidate sample for laboratory testing.
- People testing positive
- 9
- Pantai Indah Kapuk
- 6 people tested positive
- East Jakarta
- 3 people tested positive
- Joint personnel
- 462
- Operation date
- October 18, 2026