The Actions Of The ASN With The Initials SAT Embarrass The Kendari City Government, It Turns Out That The Old Players In The Drug 'business' Have Been Playing Since 2019

Wakapolresta Kendari Kompol Muhammad Alwi when releasing the case of revealing ASN persons suspected of being involved in drugs (ANTARA)

KENDARI - The Kendari Police Narcotics Investigation Unit has arrested a state civil servant (ASN) for the Kendari City Government, Southeast Sulawesi, for allegedly being involved in the abuse and illicit trafficking of shabu.

Wakapolresta Kendari Kompol Muhammad Alwi said the suspect with the initials SAT (32) was arrested on February 24, 2022 at the boarding house on Jalan Bunga Seroja, Lahundape Village, West Kendari District.

"We have arrested a male suspect with the initials SAT, 32 years old, working as an ASN with evidence of two sachets or a package suspected of being 2.94 grams of methamphetamine," said Alwi when releasing the disclosure case in Kendari, Antara, Monday. March 7th.

He revealed that the arrest of the ASN began with public information about drug abuse and illicit trafficking in the area. The police then conducted an investigation and succeeded in arresting the suspect in the boarding house.

"So in accordance with the investigation carried out by the Kendari Police Narcotics Unit, the person concerned is both a user and a network," he explained.

Alwi said that based on information, ASN personnel obtained the illicit goods by affixing them to the BTN Graha Asri Park, Puuwatu Village, Puuwatu District.

To the police, the ASN person argued that this was the first time the illicit goods were obtained from a resident of the Class IIA Tanjung Pinang Narcotics Prison who was directed by telephone.

"According to the results of the investigation conducted by the Narcotics Unit of the Kendari Police, it is clear that (the suspect) has been using (shabu) for a long time because according to the information we have received, it has been carried out since 2019," he said.

Currently, the suspect and evidence are at the Kendari Police for further investigation and development.

The suspect was charged with Article 114 paragraph (2) subsidiary Article 112 paragraph (2) of the RI Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics with the threat of a death sentence of life imprisonment or imprisonment for a minimum of six years and a maximum of 20 years.