Police organisation
Badan Narkotika Nasional
Indonesia’s national narcotics agency, led by a head who reports directly to the President and operating under the 2009 narcotics law.
At a glance
- Official name
- Badan Narkotika Nasional (BNN)
- Commonly rendered in English as
- National Narcotics Agency — a rendering in common use, not the organisation’s own name.
- System
- Indonesia
- Level of government
- National
- Kind of body
- Specialist national service
- Status
- Currently operating
- Official website
- https://bnn.go.id/ — confirmed against the organisation’s own pages on 17 September 2026.
- Facts last checked against sources
- 17 September 2026
What it is
BNN states that it is led by a head responsible directly to the President, and that its legal basis is Law No. 35 of 2009 on Narcotics. The reporting line is what makes it worth listing beside Polri rather than inside it: a specialist agency answering to the head of state rather than through the national police is a different constitutional arrangement from a drugs squad. The agency also publishes an account of predecessor bodies from 1971 onwards, which is history rather than a statement about its present form.
What it covers
Indonesia, defined by subject matter — narcotics — rather than by territory.
Broad responsibilities
- Prevention of narcotics misuse
- Enforcement against narcotics offences
- Community empowerment programmes
- Rehabilitation programmes
Who it answers to
The agency states that its head is responsible directly to the President.
Elsewhere on this site
- Who polices what — how Indonesia is structured, against other systems
Other organisations to compare
- Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia — Indonesia
Sources
Profil — Badan Narkotika Nasional
Badan Narkotika Nasional · Institutional (self-description) · link verified 2026-09-17
SCOPE: the Badan Narkotika Nasional only. The agency's own profile page in Indonesian, read directly. Supports the official Indonesian name, the agency's own statement that it is led by a head responsible directly to the President, and that its legal basis is Law No. 35 of 2009 on Narcotics. The page recounts predecessor arrangements from 1971 onwards; those are not published as facts about the present. The 2009 law itself was NOT fetched; the reference rests on the agency's own citation. The page uses the abbreviation BNN for the agency throughout.