China, Indonesia and Malaysia Bust Major Transnational Drug Manufacturing and Trafficking Case

China, together with Indonesia and Malaysia, has busted a major transnational drug manufacturing and trafficking case, destroying a large-scale purification and drug-making site, seizing about 1.2 tonnes of liquid methamphetamine and arresting 11 suspects.

China's Ministry of Public Security announced on Friday (Oct 30) that, with the full support and assistance of the China National Narcotics Control Office and Malaysia's Royal Malaysia Police Narcotics Crime Investigation Department, Indonesia's National Narcotics Board on Oct 21 successfully destroyed a large-scale purification and drug-making site in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, seized about 1.2 tonnes of liquid methamphetamine and arrested 11 suspects.

It is reported that in October 2025, China's anti-narcotics authorities uncovered leads on a major transnational group smuggling and trafficking liquid drugs, and through a year of in-depth investigation gradually established that the group had repeatedly smuggled and trafficked liquid drugs to Indonesia.

In September this year, the China National Narcotics Control Office notified Indonesia's National Narcotics Board of the relevant information, and the two sides decided to cooperate in a joint crackdown on transnational drug crime.

China's Ministry of Public Security said this case is the major drug smuggling case uncovered jointly by China and other countries in recent years with the largest number of people arrested across borders and the most complete dismantling of the chain, achieving a major result in transnational joint anti-drug law enforcement and delivering a strong blow and deterrent to regional drug crime.