Easy to Make, Easy to Sell
The Ministry of Trade is keeping a close watch on imports of precursor chemicals that are used in making shabu-shabu. But the reality is that they could not be easier to come by.
March 30, 2011
THE four-story Shophouse No. B-9 in the Kalideres Megah housing complex, West Jakarta, which is normally shuttered up tight, was raided by dozens of police officers from the Jakarta Metropolitan Police’s Drug Squad on Thursday two weeks ago. Local residents expressed shock at learning that the premises had housed a small-scale shabu-shabu factory since January, producing about 4 kilograms a month.
The drugs were produced on the third floor of
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