Medan, Nov. 26 -- The North Sumatra Police destroyed 161,505 grams of crystal methamphetamine, 146,742 grams of marijuana, and 3,907 ecstasy pills, confiscated from 43 drug raid operations conducted by the local police narcotics squads from July to November, a police officer said.

Before being destroyed, the evidence was examined by the relevant authorities from the Medan-based forensics laboratory, North Sumatra Police Chief Inspector, General Agus Andrianto, said in Medan, the capital city of North Sumatra Province, on Monday.

The crystal meth and ecstasy pills were destroyed by blending them in boiling water and then throwing them into a hole in the ground, while the marijuana was burned, he said, adding that the drug raid also resul...