Public Enemy Number One

The discovery of an ecstasy factory in Bogor, West Java worth billions of rupiah, makes Indonesia a major producer of the illegal drug.

April 19, 2005

WHEN the police found an ecstasy factory in Tangerang a few years ago, many people were shocked. This was because the plant was capable of producing thousands of ecstasy pills in a day. Instead of getting praise, the police were derided for finding the ecstasy plant located in the middle of a kampung, at such a late date. The problem was that the plant was raided only after the pills, again and again, were exported overseas.

The plant at T

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