Drug eradication in the city is one of issues that need to be striven by city administration. Jakarta Vice Governor, Basuki T Purnama has discussed this matter with Head of Criminal Investigation Department, Commissioner General Suhardi Alius, few times ago. One of the ways is by closing the nightclubs (discotheque) that become drug trafficking nest.

City administration and Police Criminal Investigation Department have made a deal, if there is any discotheque whose visitors caught carrying drugs up to two times, that disco will be closed

“ City administration and Police Criminal Investigation Department have made a deal, if there is any discotheque whose visitors caught carrying drugs up to two times, that disco will be closed,” said Basuki at the City Hall, Wednesday (4/23).

Basuki claimed that city administration has an authority to revoke license of nightclubs in the city.

Basuki added that a number of nightclubs should get controlled, since it often becomes drug trafficking nest.

“For that, we urged the discotheque owners to support the government attempt on drug eradication. One of the ways is by prohibiting its trafficking in their business places,” he added.

Based on National Agency for Narcotics (BNN) data, as many as 207 nightclub visitors caught and positively tested using drugs along 2013.

That number is obtained after BNN held 32 times of investigating 24 nightclubs separated in the city.