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The Indonesia’s nationwide anti‑drug effort continued drive, launched in late July. May, intensified throughout July 2026. By July 20 the operation had produced roughly 1,500 arrests and over 215 kg of seized narcotics across Java, Sumatra, Lombok, Kalimantan and East Java. Major raids uncovered methamphetamine, ecstasy, ketamine, cannabis and untaxed cigarettes, while school outreach events delivered prevention education. On 23 July, marking coinciding with the International Day Against Drugs, Drugs (HANI), the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) destroyed reported destroying 3.37 tonnes of illicit substances – substances, including 8.87 kg of methamphetamine, 3 three tonnes of Thai‑origin cannabis buds and several litres of precursor chemicals – and chemicals. President Prabowo Subianto pledged to boost BNN’s strengthen BNN with upgraded legal framework, frameworks, technology and funding. BNN cited BNN’s cumulative figures of over two‑year record now shows more than 12.3 tonnes seized, 1,259 arrests suspects arrested and assets frozen worth roughly IDR 16.5 trillion in frozen assets in the preceding two years. Individually, police seized trillion. Highlights from recent operations include a repeat offender caught with 0.66 g of meth in Ambon, a Riau warehouse raid yielding 4 kg of meth and 48 k ecstasy pills in tablets, a Riau warehouse, Surabaya dealer hiding 0.274 g of meth hidden in inside a Surabaya light‑bulb, and a 9.85 g packet intercepted in a visitor’s underwear at Jakarta’s Salemba detention centre. On Further arrests followed on 25 July, July. In Ambon, police in Ambon arrested detained two men after a community tip uncovered tips revealed three packets of methamphetamine hidden in meth packets, one concealed within a Camel cigarette pack and a house in Batu Merah village. pack. In Surabaya, two young women sharing a boarding house were detained and charged with arrested for trafficking 3.657 g of methamphetamine across ten packages; meth packages weighing a total of 3.657 g; prosecutors are seeking five‑year prison terms and a fine fines of 400 million rupiah. These actions extend the July 2026 rupiah each. The campaign that began in late May, which has already recorded roughly 1,500 arrests and more than 215 kg of narcotics seized across Java, Sumatra, Lombok, Kalimantan continues to combine large‑scale seizures with community‑based prevention as authorities aim to curb drug trafficking and East Java. use nationwide.