Hundreds of Indonesians overseas jailed for drugs | The Jakarta Post
Hundreds of Indonesians overseas jailed for drugs | The Jakarta Post: "More than 400 Indonesians overseas were arrested for drug smuggling in 2010, with 305 arrested in Malaysia alone, a year-end report by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) said.
Indonesian drug smugglers were arrested in 21 countries, including China, where 33 Indonesians were arrested, Japan (13 arrests), Hong Kong (10 arrests) and Australia (five arrests).
Eight Indonesians were also arrested on drug charges in various countries in Central and South America. The BNN said 35 of the Indonesians arrested this year were sentenced to death.
At home, the BNN arrested 64 Indonesians and 24 foreigners on drug charges, while 58 drug offenders received the death sentence in 2010, 41 of them foreigners.
Most of the foreigners sentenced to death are Nigerian, Chinese, Dutch, Australian and Pakistani nationals.
The BNN added that it was still hunting for 23 suspects still at large.
The National Police said there were 24,417 narcotics cases between January and October 2010.
The police added that in the same period, 32,551 Indonesian suspects and 183 foreign suspects were arrested."
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