National Narcotics Agency Chief Heru Winarko: The Taiwanese Network is Highly Secretive
Crystal methamphetamine from Myanmar is often smuggled in by Taiwanese fishermen. National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has identified the ships used for this purpose since 2017, but their names are frequently changed to cover the traffickers’ tracks.
Tempo
July 27, 2020
The MV Sunrise Glory vessel, which was caught hauling 1.3 tons of meth in February 2018, had changed name twice. Through a teleconference with Tempo on Wednesday, May 6, BNN Chief Heru Winarko explained how this smuggling is carried out over international waters.
How do Taiwanese fishermen smuggle the narcotics?
The methamphetamine does not originate in Taiwan, but its producers hire Taiwanese ships and fishermen to send the drugs to Indones
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