If Banjarmasin Police Hadn't Caught This One Perpetrator, He Would Have Been Ready To Distribute 1,179.52 Grams Of Crystal Methamphetamine

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JAKARTA - The Banjarmasin Police thwarted the circulation of 1,179.52 grams of crystal methamphetamine by arresting one suspected dealer.

"The suspect JH (42) was arrested while making a transaction in a hotel lobby on Monday (16/5)," said Banjarmasin Police Chief Kombes Pol Sabana A. Martosumito in Banjarmasin, Thursday, May 19, quoted from Antara.

During the arrest in the lobby of the G'Sign Hotel, Jalan Ahmad Yani Km 45 Banjarmasin, a team led by the Head of the Narcotics Investigation Unit of the Banjarmasin Police Commissioner Mars Suryo Kartiko found a package of methamphetamine weighing 1,029.5 grams in a sling bag worn by the suspect.

Then the results of the development at the suspect's house on Jalan Ir PHM Noor Banjarmasin, found two more packages of methamphetamine weighing 150.02 grams so that the total evidence was confiscated three packages of methamphetamine weighing 1,179.52 grams.

Sabana said that now its members are still trying to develop. It is known that the suspect entered the city network with the initials M, who is now being chased by officers.

"This suspect is a recidivist in a narcotics case captured by the South Kalimantan Police who has been in prison for six years and was only released a year ago," Sabana explained.

Based on the confiscated evidence, investigators ensnared the suspect in Article 112 paragraph 2 of Law No. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics with a minimum imprisonment of 5 years and a maximum of 20 years and a maximum fine of Rp. 8 billion.

For the disclosure of the drugs, the police managed to save 17,692 people from narcotics abuse, with an estimated 1 gram of methamphetamine can be consumed by 15 people.