Jakarta, Oct. 29 -- The National Police (Polri) have turned 118 drug-vulnerable villages into drug-free villages to curb narcotics in the community.

"We had identified 228 drug villages throughout Indonesia, and 118 of them have been transformed into drug-free villages," National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo said at the press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday.

According to him, drug-free villages are environments where the community has demonstrated self-resilience in preventing drug trafficking and abuse.

In each drug-free village, his party has set up various facilities, including counseling posts and community halls, that residents can use for drug-prevention activities.

In order to optimize community self-reliance, t...