DENPASAR ~

Bali Police anticipate the smuggling and trafficking of drugs through the implementation of ‘Operasi Lilin’ ahead of New Year celebrations.

“After ‘Operasi Zebra’ (for traffic), will be conducted Operasi Lilin including drugs,” said Head of Sub-Directorate II Drugs Bali Police, Assistant Commissioner John Lay in Denpasar on Friday.

According to him, demand for illicit goods usually increasing during certain moments such as the celebration of New Year’s Eve.

This is proven by the increasing number of relevant officers foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs into Bali.

Towards the end of this year, Customs and Excise officers, Ngurah Rai foiled an attempt to smuggle narcotics type of methamphetamine weighing 2.1 kilograms were taken by a female Russian citizen.

Magnaeva Aleksandra (26) was arrested just after landed from Hong Kong on Sunday (7/12).

However, disclosure of the case can only come at Magnaeva which is the courier while initiator has not been arrested since narcotics networks typically use a very neat and disconnected system.

John Lay added that the trend of drug cases also increasing, seen from the number of cases and the quantity revealed.

He explained that the number of drug cases in 2013 is quite high at 842 cases throughout Bali.

Meanwhile, in 2014, to November decreased to 664 cases recorded.

“Despite the decline, but the number of evidence obtained is much greater that is 15.756 grams of drug compared to the year 2013 as many as 9.949 grams,” he said.