The national law enforcement agency said investigators found evidence that 11 speed boats carried a total of 269 people and more than 10,000 kilograms of hashish.
The South American country's constitution allows marijuana users to carry small doses for personal use. But new President Ivan Duque is tightening laws and recently issued a decree that lets police confiscate drugs consumed in public.
Police in the Netherlands say the country's permissive drug policy has spawned an underground economy with criminal gangs in charge.
The number of suspected drug traffickers killed in Indonesia has tripled since 2016, Amnesty International said in a new report, triggering concerns that the country may be enforcing a Philippines' style drug crackdown.
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