JAKARTA - The Serang City Police Narcotics Investigation Unit arrested a man with the initials DS (33) because he was caught circulating illegal drugs. The man, a resident of Serang District, Serang City, was arrested in front of Visenda Housing, Serang District.

The Head of Narcotics at the Serang City Police, AKP Agus Ahmad Kurnia, said that the disclosure of the alleged perpetrator began when investigators from the Narcotics Unit received a report from the public.

From the report, investigators then went to the field to spy on the movement of DS. From the environmental information, DS often sells illegal drugs.

When they saw the movements of the suspect, the police immediately took him into custody. The police then searched the suspect's house.

"He was proven to be distributing hard drugs without a distribution permit", said AKP Agus when confirmed, Sunday, February 13.

After searching the house of the alleged perpetrator, the police again found evidence in the form of 1,000 pills of yellow medicine bearing the MF logo, which is suspected to be a Hexymer.

Not only that but the alleged perpetrator's android phone was also secured for development to a larger network.

"When we were interrogated, DS admitted that the item belonged to him. He got the item from buying it from someone with the initials, which we are still developing", he said.

For his actions, DS was charged with Article 196 in conjunction with Article 197 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 36 of 2009 concerning Health.

The Head of Public Relations of the Banten Police, Police Commissioner Shinto Silitonga, appealed to the public to stay away from drugs and illegal drugs.

"We invite the public to play an active role in avoiding and fighting drugs, so they can assist the police in eradicating drugs by reporting to the nearest officers, monitoring the behavior of our children, and supervising rented houses that are prone to be used as places for drug abuse", he said.


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