This research aims to explain The Indonesian National Police (INP) strategies in countering the cross-border narcotics smuggling by a international narcotics syndicates from Malaysia that occurred in the Riau region. Ditreserse Narcotics of the Riau Regional Police stated that there was an increase in the number of narcotics cases in Riau in 2015 to 2016. In 2015, there were 1,137 cases. Later …