Police Arrest Vocalist Band Captain For Sabu

Suspects in drug cases including the vocalist Captain (Asep Bdg / VOI)

BANDUNG - The Bandung Police Narcotics Detective Unit (Satres Narkoba) arrested a man with the initials AZ who was suspected of using methamphetamine-type drugs in his rented room in Sadang Serang, Bandung City.

The Head of the Bandung Police for Narcotics, AKBP Ricky Hendarsyah, said that the man was the vocalist of the well-known band Captain. AZ was secured with evidence in the form of a plastic wrap suspected of having methamphetamine weighing 0.29 grams.

"After that, urine tests were conducted on the two suspects, and the results were positive for methamphetamine," said Ricky at the Bandung Police Narcotics Satres Office, Bandung City, West Java, Friday, January 15.

Ricky said the arrests were made on Wednesday (13/1) evening, at 20.30 WIB. Previously, he said, the police received reports of locations around Sadang Serang, Bandung City, where drug use often occurred.

AZ was then arrested with his colleague with the initials SP in AZ's rented room. But Ricky made sure that SP was not a member of the same band as AZ.

According to Ricky, AZ got the shabu from someone with the initials MG. Until now, according to him, the police are still pursuing the MG.

"The methamphetamine was obtained from MG by buying it at a price of Rp. 250 thousand through an intermediary SP (AZ's partner)," he said.

Based on the examination, Ricky said that AZ had been consuming the prohibited item since 2015. However, AZ had stopped using it in 2018, then in 2020, AZ was consuming it again.

As a result, AZ and SP were charged under Article 112 Paragraph 1 of UURI Number 35 of 2009, as well as Article 127 Paragraph 1 of UURI Number 25 of 2009 concerning Narcotics with a maximum penalty of 12 years in prison and with a maximum of IDR 8 billion.