It Takes Living Costs, Housewives In Bandung Sell Drugs

Illustration of Methamphetamine (ANTARA)

Bandung Police have arrested 16 people who work from security, private employees, to housewives for allegedly distributing marijuana and methamphetamine. Bandung Police Chief Kombes Pol Budi Sartono said that the 16 people were arrested in the period leading up to Ramadan until Eid al-Fitr 1444 Hijri/Lebaran 2023. "These 16 suspects are included in 11 cases consisting of nine cases of methamphetamine, and two cases of marijuana type. "Dried," Budi said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, May 4. The suspects arrested were AS (34) private employees, RM (33) private employees, DR (41) private employees, DS (41) private employees, ZZF (23) private employees, RA (20) private employees, TFW (22) private employees, MA (22) private employees, MRP (24) entrepreneurs, FN (24) private employees, DS (27) housewives, AAP (25) EMPLOYees, FG (25) casual daily workers, ES (42) "security", WK (51) entrepreneurs, and MY (20) private employees. Budi said that the parameters The suspects were detained in nine sub-districts namely Cicendo, Antapani, Regol, Coblong, Lengkong, Andir, Bojongloa Kidul, Bandung Wetan, and Bandung Kulon. "The place of his arrest was on the side of the road, house and rented house, as well as shops," he said. From the hands of the 16 suspects, the police secured evidence in the form of 191.27 grams of crystal methamphetamine, 2.2 kilograms of dried marijuana, 11 digital scales, and 25 mobile phones of various brands. "The suspect's motive is to get benefits from the sale and purchase of drugs. done, by selling conventional and also through online media, "said Budi. For suspects, DS, who is a housewife, said Budi, is also a drug seller with the type of marijuana. "So on average, women and other suspects from Bandung, even though they bought them from Jakarta and others. Some of them have just started and some have been caught in drug cases," he said. With the disclosure of this drug case, Budi said that around 12,098 people have been successfully saved from narcotics abuse. The suspects were charged by Article 114 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), Article 132 paragraph (1), Article 112 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), Article 111 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics. "The threat of imprisonment is a minimum of six years, a maximum of 20 years or life imprisonment and a maximum fine of Rp. 1 billion, a maximum of Rp. 10 billion, a subsidiary of three months," he said.