Jakarta, Feb. 23 -- The Narcotics Investigation Center (NIC) Task Force of the National Police's Criminal Investigation Directorate has thwarted the smuggling of 74 kilograms of marijuana by an inter-provincial network from Mandailing Natal District to Jakarta.

Head of the NIC Task Force, Senior Commissioner Zulkarnaen Harahap, in a statement on Sunday stated the operation took place on February 16.

According to him, the Special Team of Sub-Directorate 3 of the National Police's Criminal Investigation Directorate received information about a shipment of marijuana from Mandailing Natal District, North Sumatra, to Jakarta via land transport using a pickup truck.

Acting on this information, the team immediately conducted analysis and surv...