No Appetite for Destruction

The police uncovered raw materials for shabu-shabu (crystal meth) on the black market. The dangerous chemicals are suspected to have spread to clandestine factories in several apartments.

July 7, 2010

THE smell of chemicals filled the 400-square-meter building in Kampung Karanggan Tua, Gunung Putri, Bogor. Several drums and jerry cans containing chemical liquids were piled up in the corner of the room. The light-blue-roofed factory looked deserted, no activities. There were only several caretakers of the building on a land the size of a futsal court. “Activities are temporarily suspended,” said Edo, one of the caretakers that Tempo met on

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