Jayapura, Papua, Oct. 10 -- Papua Police foiled an attempt of smuggling 10 kilograms of drugs from Papua New Guinea near the Holtekamp area of Jayapura City on Friday (Oct 9).

Director for Drug Crimes Investigation in Papua Police, Senior Commissioner Alfian, said that police officers found the drugs abandoned during an inspection in Holtekamp.

"We found suspicious individuals near the area where we later found marijuana in rice sacks. However, they escaped when our officers approached them," Alfian said here on Saturday.

The drugs were smuggled through illegal pathways along the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea border.

The location was suspected to be a transit area for the drug smugglers, Alfian said, as he highlighted the presence of an ...