A Transnational Disease

Raw materialsprecursors in the manufacture of ecstasy and shabu-shabuare discovered in flu medicines bound for Australia.

July 18, 2006

FOUR neatly dressed men chatted at the waiting room in Ngurah Rai Airport, Denpasar. One of them entered Garuda Indonesias office. After introducing himself, Senior Commissioner Banu Saputro, head of Unit I Narcotics, National Police Headquarters (Mabes Polri), reserved four tickets, destination Jakarta.

While waiting, Banu studied the passenger manifest of the plane from Sydney, Australia, which he would board. To ensure that the person were look

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