Singaporean arrested in Indonesia after authorities raid etomidate vape factory in Jakarta, Singapore News

The head of the airport police narcotics unit told IDN Times that the house had allegedly been rented by another Singaporean, who recruited the suspect and assigned him a daily production target of 500 etomidate vape cartridges.

The suspect was reported to have entered Indonesia on July 13.

The raid followed an earlier seizure by airport customs of two bottles containing 2,200g of etomidate that had been smuggled from Malaysia. The material seized was sufficient to produce up to 2,000 vape cartridges.

The police and customs authorities subsequently launched a joint operation to trace the suspected drug syndicate, leading them to the raided house in the upscale Pantai Indah Kapuk residential area.

Authorities discovered the operation had only started manufacturing the cartridges a day before the raid. Investigations are ongoing to establish how many cartridges had been produced and how long the operation had been active for.

The suspect and the seized items have since been handed over to airport police for further investigations, while the property has been sealed off.

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