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Jakarta police gets entire town 'high' after blazing 3.3 tons of seized weed

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Indonesian police has accidentally intoxicated the population of an entire town by burning 3.3 tons of marijuana at their subprecinct office in West Jakarta on Wednesday.

As per AsiaOne.com, as the smoke spread from the yard to surrounding neighborhood, local people and journalists covering the event, who unlike the police did not wear protective masks, were dizzied.

Deden, one of the residents, said that he got a headache because he wasn't wearing a mask and added that the tangy smell of marijuana was too strong and made him feel dizzy.

The police also destroyed 1.8 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and 2,538 ecstasy pills by blending them and this destruction was witnessed by several officials from the West Jakarta municipality.

 

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First Published: Mar 29 2015 | 12:56 PM IST

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