Pekalongan Police Arrest Underage Child Using Marijuana

Police arrest drug ring in Pekalongan/Photo: Antara

PEKALONGAN - Pekalongan City Police, Central Java, revealed the circulation of 10.94 grams of marijuana and 3.47 grams of methamphetamine during the 20 days of the 2022 Temple Clean Drug Operation (Bersinar).

Pekalongan City Police Chief, AKBP Wahyu Rohadi, said that during the disclosure of the case the police arrested 7 suspects, namely four marijuana dealers and users, as well as three suspects in the methamphetamine case.

Of the four marijuana users and dealers, he said, two of the perpetrators were still children, namely CRW (16) and ABF (16).

"The two perpetrators who are still minors have already undergone trial. They admitted that they were only trying to smoke marijuana," he said in Pekalongan, Tuesday, March 8.

According to him, in the 2022 Temple Clean Drug Operation (Bersinar) his party only targeted the operation of 3 perpetrators but instead got seven perpetrators.

The suspects, he said, were arrested by the police in separate places and at different times.

He said the four marijuana perpetrators were MA (20), MYH (20), MS (33), CRW (16), and ABF (16), all residents of Pekalongan City, while the three suspects in the methamphetamine case, namely RHS (37) residents of Malang Regency, East Java, and MKB (25) residents of Pekalongan City.

The suspects will be subject to Article 111 paragraph 1 and/or 127 (1) of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics with a minimum penalty of four years in prison and a maximum of 12 years in prison.