COUNTERNARCOTICS: INDONESIAN POLICE--AIDED BY

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 003159

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, INR/EAP, INL, INL/AAE
SINGAPORE FOR DEA/ICE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/14/2017
TAGS: PGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID
SUBJECT: COUNTERNARCOTICS: INDONESIAN POLICE--AIDED BY
USG--MAKE SUCCESSFUL RAID

Classified By: Pol/C Joseph Legend Novak, reasons 1.4(b,d).


1. (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian National Police (INP) drug
task force--with intelligence assistance from the USG--raided
a methamphetamine laboratory located on an Indonesian island
near Singapore, October 20-21. The INP arrested two chemists
from Taiwan and four Indonesian nationals. The total street
value of seized materials is estimated to be about $160
million. The raid is another example of the INP's increasing
counternarcotics proficiency, including willingness to act on
USG-provided information. END SUMMARY.


2. (C) SHARED INTELLIGENCE LEADS: Telephone data and
personal information on individuals from Taiwan provided by
the Taiwan Ministry of Justice Investigative Bureau (MJIB)
was passed to DEA offices in Hong Kong and Singapore. After
analysis, the DEA forwarded the information to the Indonesian
National Police for action. The information provided enough
evidence for the INP Narcotics Board (BNN) to establish an
investigative task force led by Indonesia's Joint
Inter-Agency Counter Drug Operations Center (JIACDOC). In a
period of 10 days--using technical and human
surveillance--the task force collected sufficient evidence to
move forward. (Note: JIACDOC is an inter-agency
intelligence and operations center. It is focused on counter
narcotics and transnational crime intelligence collection and
interdiction.)


3. (C) THE BIG RAID: On October 20-21, an INP team--acting
on the assembled and confirmed intelligence--raided a
methamphetamine laboratory consisting of three warehouses and
one residence on the island of Batam, located approximately
20 miles south of Singapore. The INP arrested two chemists
from Taiwan and four Indonesian nationals. Follow-up raids
later that week found two more laboratories in Batam and one
in Jakarta. The total street value of the confiscated
crystal methamphetamine and pre-cursor chemicals is estimated
to be $162 million.


4. (SBU) SECOND MAJOR SUCCESS: The recent raids are the
second major success for JIACDOC. In 2005, JIACDOC assisted
in the raid of a drug laboratory in Cikande, Indonesia, where
the estimated value of drugs and pre-cursor chemicals seized
was $142 million. At the time, the DEA assessed that the
Cikande raid had uncovered and closed up the third-largest
drug laboratory in the world.


5. (C) BIG BANG FOR THE BUCK: The raid is another example of
the INP's increasing proficiency in counternarcotics efforts,
including willingness to act on USG-provided information.
More broadly, the success of the raid is in part the result
of a well-conceived USG engagement program with Indonesian
law enforcement agencies. The program encourages the GOI to
work internationally with partners, and conduct more
effective planning, investigations and operations by working
on an inter-agency basis. The program also provides U.S.
training and technical support. This approach has already
returned yields--in terms of seized goods and criminal
prosecutions.


6. (U) USG engagement involves the Office of the Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counter-Narcotics (DASD
CN),JIATF West (PACOM,s Counter-Narcotics program) and DEA
and ICE in support of Mission's goal of enhancing the GOI,s
ability to interdict narcotics and stop transnational
criminal activities. JIATF West has provided assistance to
the Indonesian National Narcotics Board (BNN) in the form of
organizational guidance, facilities, IT infrastructure, data
base support and training infrastructure.

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