Indonesian authorities have seized 1.3 tonnes of marijuana and arrested six people in a major drug bust on New Year’s Eve, police said Thursday. The bricks of tightly-wrapped cannabis — which were displayed at a press conference Thursday — were found hidden inside several vehicles waiting to cross to West Java, local media reported. West Jakarta police chief Idham Aziz said drug-related cases in West Java — Indonesia’s most populous province — were increasing. “Narcotics cases between 2015-2017 are up 11.8 percent and the victims are mostly children and teenagers,” Aziz said at a press conference. Indonesia has some of the toughest anti-drugs laws in the world, including capital punishment for traffickers.

Source: The Guardian January 04, 2018 12:22 UTC