Bogor, West Java, July 23 -- Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency seized more than 12.3 tons of narcotics from October 2024 through July 2026, preventing an estimated 48.3 million people from potential exposure, its chief said.

"These figures are not merely statistics," Commissioner General Suyudi Ario Seto said at a 2026 International Anti-Narcotics Day commemoration in Bogor, West Java, on Thursday.

"Behind every kilogram of narcotics prevented from circulating, there is a family saved and a community protected," Seto said.

The seizures halted an estimated Rp16.5 trillion (about US$896 million) in potential economic activity and secured Rp165 billion (US$8.9 million) in money-laundering assets, Seto said.

The agency conducted strat...