The Criminal Investigation Agency Hands Over 2 Marijuana Dealers to the Banda Aceh Prosecutor's Office

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JAKARTA - Investigator at the Directorate of Drugs at the National Police's Criminal Investigation Agency handed over two suspects suspected of abusing or selling 55 kg of cannabis to the Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Banda Aceh District Attorney.

"We have received the handover of the suspect and evidence (phase II) from Bareskrim Polri regarding the criminal act of narcotics abuse of the cannabis type", said the Head of Intelligence at the Banda Aceh Prosecutor's Office, Muharizal, in Banda Aceh, Wednesday, December 14.

The two suspects in the abuse of cannabis narcotics that have been accepted, namely Singgih Surya Putra and Ahmad Isal Ananta, have been detained.

"The two suspects have been detained from December 12 to 31, 2022 at the Class IIB detention center in Banda Aceh", he said as quoted by Antara.

The NIC Task Force team arrested the two suspects on Friday, August 12, 2022, in the Lam Ara Village area, Banda Raya District, Banda Aceh City.

During the arrest, a package of cannabis narcotics was found weighing approximately 55 kg. The perpetrators were the Aceh-Lampung and Jakarta narcotics networks.

Furthermore, based on the results of interrogation by the NIC Task Force Team, they initially departed from Bandar Lampung for Aceh.

"Then, one of the suspects was given a firearm containing six rounds of ammunition from Embor (DPO/wanted list) to protect himself", he said.

In this case, said Muharizal, the suspect Singgih Surya Putra was found to have violated Article 114 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 132 paragraph (2) or Article 111 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 132 paragraph (2) of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics.

"Meanwhile, the suspect Ahmad Isal Ananta was also charged under the same article. But he was also charged with possession of a firearm by Article 1 paragraph (1) of the Republic of Indonesia Emergency Law Number 12 of 1951", said Muharizal.