ASN Basarnas Gets OTT Kendari Residents When Taking Drugs 0.42 Grams In Lorong Street

Kasat Res Narkoba Kendari Police AKP Hamka during a press conference. (Between/La Ode Muh Deden Saputra)

The Kendari Police Narcotics Investigation Unit has arrested an individual from the Kendari National Civil Apparatus (ASN) for being involved in a methamphetamine case. Kasatresnarkoba Kendari Police AKP Hamka said that an ASN Kendari Basarnas officer with the initials IS (39) was subjected to a citizen's arrest operation (OTT) when he was about to collect a patch of methamphetamine in Lorong Mentora, Mataiwoi Village, Wuawua District, Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi Province. "He (IS) was arrested by residents when he wanted to take a pass on methamphetamine last Saturday at around 10.30 WITA, then handed it over to us and we did an in-depth investigation," said Hamka in Kendari, Antara, Wednesday, July 26. According to residents' information, at first they saw IS's movements pacing back and forth at the crime scene (TKP), so that residents at the location also continued to monitor the perpetrator's movement. When they were about to take the methamphetamine package, Hamka continued, local residents immediately arrested and secured IS along with evidence of methamphetamine weighing 0.42 grams. "Initially, residents suspected that the perpetrator's movements were pacing back and forth at the location. When the perpetrator was going to take a patch of crystal methamphetamine, residents immediately secured it and confiscated a sachet of methamphetamine weighing 0.42 grams. Furthermore, the perpetrator was reported to the Kendari Police," said Hamka. The Head of Narcotics Investigation Unit of the Kendari Police revealed that the police personnel who knew about this immediately went to the TKP and secured the perpetrator and the evidence of the methamphetamine. When interrogated, said Hamka, IS admitted that he ordered the methamphetamine package from someone with the initials CP for his own use. “ Rencananya akan digunakan sendiri. Dia membeli dengan harga Rp300 ribu,” jelas Hamka.

To account for his actions, the police immediately led IS to the Kendari Police Headquarters and would be subject to Article 114 paragraph 1 Subsidiary Article 112 paragraph 1 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics with a maximum threat of 20 years in prison.