On the Trail of Good-Time Molly
Without much ado, scores of new illegal drugs are now being widely sold in Indonesia. One of them is methylone, alias Molly, which has become the latest in-thing for upper-class drug users. Since October, a Tempo investigation team has been visiting various clubs and nightspots in Jakarta, Bandung, Pekanbaru, and Mataram to investigate the spread of these illicit goods, which have not yet been banned under the Narcotics Law.
January 7, 2014
The meeting room on the sixth floor of the National Narcotics Body (BNN) office on Jalan MT Haryono, East Jakarta, suddenly fell silent. BNN Deputy for Eradication Benny Jozua Mamoto appeared to take several deep breaths, while the three investigators seated before him bowed their heads.
That afternoon in early October, Benny had just received some unpleasant news from these three subordinates of his. A few hours earlier, they had just finished a
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