Using Cannabis As A Sleeping Pill, Rizky Nazar Is Threatened With 4 Years In Prison

Police Statement about Rizky Nazar

JAKARTA - Rizky Nazar was arrested while consuming marijuana at his home in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta at 20.30 WIB. The Head of Public Relations of the Metro Jaya Police, Kombes Pol. Endra Zulpan, said that Rizky Nazar reasoned that he used marijuana because he had trouble sleeping.

"The reason for this is to help ease sleep, because the person concerned has difficulty sleeping. He said using marijuana helps him sleep easily," explained Zulpan at the South Jakarta Police Headquarters, Wednesday, December 15.

As evidence, there were two packs of marijuana that were secured by the police. "The first 0.36 grams. Then the second 0.61 grams," said Zulpan.

Rizky Nazar, he continued, admitted to ordering and using marijuana for his own consumption. "Based on the provisional examination, the suspect admitted to ordering marijuana from someone called Ipang for his own consumption. We are still investigating this," he continued.

Currently, Rizky Nazar has the status of a suspect in a case of drug abuse by the South Jakarta Metro Police. "The article we suspect is 127 paragraph 1 of the RI Law number 35 of 2009 concerning narcotics with a threat of 4 years in prison," he explained.