A Month 21 Drug Dealer Suspects Arrested In Bogor

The perpetrators of narcotics abuse were detained at the Bogor Police Headquarters, Tuesday, March 28 (VOI)

The Bogor City Police Narcotics Unit has arrested 21 suspects in drug abuse and hard drugs for the period February 21-March 27, 2023 in Bogor City.

"This is the result of one month of disclosure. In total there are 21 suspects," said Bogor City Police Chief Kombes Pol Bismo Teguh Prakoso, Tuesday, March 28.

In detail, 11 suspects in the methamphetamine case, 3 suspects in the marijuana case, 4 suspects in the synthetic tobacco case and 3 suspects in hard drugs. The evidence is 39.29 grams of crystal methamphetamine, 47.34 grams of marijuana, 17.47 grams of synthetic tobacco and 1,953 hard drugs.

"This is proof that the commitment from the Bogor City Police is to fight and prevent the abuse of narcotics and illegal drugs," he said.

In disclosing the abuse of narcotics, the suspects who were arrested came from all sub-districts in Bogor City. However, the most spread was in the West Bogor District area.

"Modus with a patch system or map. Mesan to the dealer uses social media," he explained.

Meanwhile, the Head of Drugs at the Bogor City Police, Kompol Eka Chandra, said that of the 21 suspects who were arrested, two of them were women.

"They were in the wrong association. Someone was dating him because his girlfriend as a courier at that time he got it at the same time, it couldn't be separated. So they are part of a series with a drug courier, they cannot be separated," said Eka.

For their actions, the suspects were charged with Article 111 and 112 of the Narcotics Law No. 35 of 2009 with a penalty of 12 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 8 billion. As well as Law No. 36 of 2009 concerning Health carries a penalty of 10 years in prison and Rp. 1 billion.

"The circulation during Ramadan is still there. At the beginning of Ramadan they were still cooling down, maybe in a few days Ramadan they started to return again because of the addiction effect," he concluded.