Jakarta, March 28 -- The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) is pursuing drug criminals on the wanted list (DPO) who have fled abroad, as well as working to seize assets owned by international drug syndicates.

"In a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Sugiono on March 25, we found several drug dealers on the wanted list who had escaped abroad. This can potentially hinder law enforcement in Indonesia," BNN Head, Commissioner General Marthinus Hukom, stated in Jakarta on Friday.

He further disclosed that numerous assets linked to the narcotics trade are located abroad, deliberately placed there to evade confiscation by Indonesian law enforcement aiming to impoverish drug syndicates.

Hence, Hukom expressed hope that Minister Sugiono woul...