REJANG LEBONG - Police officers (Polres) Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu, arrested a student at one of the universities in the area who sold methamphetamine.
The Head of the Rejang Lebong Police, AKBP Tonny Kurniawan, accompanied by the Head of the Narcotics Investigation Unit, Iptu Cahya Prasada Tuhuteru, said the student had the initials RA (23) a resident of Karang Anyar Village, East Curup District. From the hands of the perpetrators, the police confiscated evidence of eight small packages of methamphetamine.
"The person concerned was arrested by the Narcotics Unit at the Rejang Lebong Police on Wednesday night, July 20, 2022, at around 8:50 p.m. WIT with evidence of eight small packets of suspected shabu-shabu," said Tonny at the Rejang Lebong Police Headquarters, Antara, Friday, July 22. .
He explained that the arrest of the suspect began with a public report to the police stating that there was drug trafficking and abuse in the Karang Anyar Village area.
"After we carried out an investigation into the truth of the information, then we carried out raids and succeeded in securing the suspect along with drug evidence stored in the bag," he explained.
Head of the Narcotics Satres Iptu Cahya Prasada Tuhuteru added that currently his party is still developing the suspect RA in order to dismantle the drug trafficking network in the area, including the possibility of distributing it to students in Rejang Lebong Regency.
For his actions, suspect RA was charged with violating Article 112 paragraph 1 of Law No. 35/2009, concerning Narcotics with a minimum threat of 4 years and a maximum of 12 years in prison and a fine of IDR 800 million to IDR 8 billion.
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