Drug dealers in Indonesia will be made to eat their own supply until they die if new rules are pushed through.

The country's National Narcotics Agency has suggested the punishment in a desperate bid to tackle growing drugs problems.

The proposal would strengthen already tough laws, which include death by firing squad if citizens are caught drugs trafficking.

Drug dealers in Indonesia will be made to eat their own supply until they die if new rules are pushed through. Above, Indonesian police secure an area in March 2015 ahead of the deaths of two drug traffickers

Police have also increased raids on local dealers, with one recent investigation leading to four deaths.

Slamet Pribadi, a spokesman for the agency, told Al Jazeera: 'We need to be serious because drugs are the enemy.'

Hendro Pandowo, a local police chief, added: 'We have to fight this war on drugs everywhere.

'They have to be cleaned off the streets of Jakarta and eradicated through Indonesia.'

It comes after the country decided to halt all executions temporarily at the end of last year. The decision meant British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford (pictured), who was sentenced to death after being caught smuggling cocaine into Bali, was given a temporary reprieve.

Around 4.5 million drug addicts currently live in Indonesia with 33 people dying per day due to overdoses.

Critics have slammed the proposals and claim the country's laws do not differentiate between addicts and criminals.

It comes after the country decided to halt all executions temporarily at the end of last year.