Mataram Police Check 8 Occupies Of Drug Positive Indekos

Three women who live in boarding houses after carrying out urine tests with positive results contain chemical ingredients for drugs/VIA BETWEEN

MATARAM - Mataram City Police Officer, West Nusa Tenggara examined eight residents of the boarding house with positive urine test results containing chemicals for methamphetamine-type drug raw materials. "We carried out this examination in depth to find out their role. Is it only limited to users or is it circulating," said Head of the Mataram Police Narcotics Investigation Unit Kompol I Made Yogi Purusa Utama in Mataram, Antara, Thursday, January 19. If it is only proven as a user, said Yogi, the eight people are required to undergo rehabilitation. "According to legal procedures, if there is no evidence related to drug trafficking, only users, then we must apply for rehabilitation of them," he said. The eight people, consisting of four men and four women, were found positive for drugs when the police held a raid on boarding houses and boarding houses in Mataram City in the Clean From Drugs (Bersinar) program, Wednesday (18/1). The occupants of the boarding house had the initials MH (27), TR (40), AR (40), and MZ (32). For the woman with the initials AH (18), MAP (18), MDS (31), and SH (26). Yogi also explained that his party was targeting the eight people's boarding house based on follow-up information from the public which stated that the location was suspected to often be a place for transactions and drug parties. "So, these eight positive people had 17 urine test results on all residents of the boarding house," he said. Because they were found positive for drugs, the police then proceeded to the process of searching the boarding house rooms for the eight people. As a result, evidence was found related to drug abuse of methamphetamine, such as glass pipes, plastic pipettes, bundles of empty clear clips, suction devices, matches without head coverings. There is also cash of IDR 40 million, communication tools and two-wheeled vehicles. "Now all (evidence) is in the office. Likewise with these eight people, we are still securing their status in the office," he said. From this problem, Yogi also appealed to the public, especially the boarding house owners in Mataram City to further increase supervision by routinely checking the activities of the boarding house residents.