Hanoi (VNA) – Indonesian police, in a joint operation with Thaiand Malaysian authorities, have arrested 39 people allegedly linked to a majorregional drug syndicate.
The suspects, arrested across the three countries, are linked to a syndicatethat traffics methamphetamine out of the Golden Triangle - anintersection of Laos, Thailand and Myanmar that has a long history producingillegal narcotics - to countries like Indonesia, police said.
The suspects arrested inIndonesia could face the death penalty.
The network is run by Indonesian national Fredy Pratama, who remains at large, and has since 2020 amassed more than 10.4 trillion IDR (683.73 million USD) in assets including real estate, Wahyu Widada, Chief of Indonesian national police’s criminal investigationdepartment, said at a press conference on September 12./.