Save 14.62 Grams Of Shabu In Motorcycle, 35 Year Old Man Arrested In Front Of PMI Banyumas Headquarters

Illustration of an arrest. (Pixabay)

BANYUMAS - A drug case recidivist with the initials YE (35) was secured by the Drug Investigation Unit (Satresnarkoba) of the Banyumas City Police. From the man, the police secured 14.62 grams of methamphetamine.

"We have arrested YE, a resident of Arcawinangun Village, East Purwokerto District, Banyumas", said Chief of the Banyumas Police, Senior Commissioner of Police Edy Suranta Sitepu in Purwokerto, Banyumas, quoted from Antara, Friday, August 26.

The arrest was made after the police received information that a man was suspected of frequently abusing methamphetamine in the area.

Based on this information, his party immediately carried out an investigation, recording, mapping, and following the suspect

Finally, the Narcotics Satres officers managed to arrest YE on Pekaja Street, Sokaraja, in front of the Indonesian Red Cross Headquarters (PMI) Banyumas Regency Branch on Thursday, August 25.

During the arrest, the police confiscated evidence in the form of a pack of used cigarettes containing white powder suspected of methamphetamine with a gross weight of 14.62 grams, a cardboard pack wrapped in red duct tape containing white powder suspected of methamphetamine with a gross weight of 14.93 grams.

In addition, one black crackle contains white crystalline powder suspected of methamphetamine with a gross weight of 15 grams, and one black crackle contains 17 pieces of used straws in which white powder is suspected to be methamphetamine with a gross weight of 9.76 grams.

"Overall, the gross amount of suspected methamphetamine powder that we secured reached 53.31 grams", said Head of the Narcotics Unit AKP Guntar Arif Setiyoko added.

He said the police also secured other evidence in the form of 1 unit of a blue Honda Beat motorcycle used by the perpetrator when delivering methamphetamine to the transaction location, 1 unit of a Honda Vario motorcycle with a white and blue color combination used to store crystal methamphetamine at the perpetrator's house, as well as a Redmi S2 cell phone belonging to the perpetrator.

"Currently, the suspect and the evidence are at the Banyumas Police Narcotics Unit to undergo further investigation", he said.

In connection with this case, suspect YE is subject to Article 114 paragraph (2) of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics with the threat of capital punishment, life imprisonment, or imprisonment for a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 20 years and a maximum fine of IDR 13 billion subsidiary Article 112 paragraph (2) with the threat of life imprisonment or minimum imprisonment of 5 years and a maximum of 20 years and a maximum fine of IDR 10.6 billion.