Jakarta, May 1 -- Indonesia and Malaysia share responsibility for protecting the region from drug trafficking, Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN) said following a bilateral meeting with Malaysia's Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (JSJN) in Bali on Tuesday.

BNN head commissioner General Suyudi Ario Seto emphasized that drug trafficking is a transnational crime requiring close cooperation.

"Strengthening coordination, rapid information exchange, and increasing surveillance in border areas, airports, and ports are important steps in joint handling," he said in a statement on Friday.

BNN highlighted the increasingly complex methods used by drug syndicates, noting the emergence of more than 1,400 new psychoactive substances...