2.2 Kilograms Of Magical Mushrooms Confiscated By Police From Gili Trawangan

The police showed evidence of a "magic mushrooms" with five perpetrators suspected of being involved in the circulation of the drugs, in Gili Trawangan, North Lombok, NTB, Thursday (9/5/2024). (ANTARA/HO-North Lombok Police)

MATARAM - 2.2 kilograms of magic mushrooms or magic mushrooms from one of the bars on the beach of the Gili Trawangan tourist area were confiscated by the North Lombok Resort Police, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).

Head of the Narcotics Unit of the North Lombok Police, Iptu I Putu Sastrawan, in Mataram, Thursday, said that during the confiscation, his party also arrested five residents who were at the location.

"These five people are suspected of being involved in selling or distributing magic mushrooms in the Gili Trawangan Region," said Sastrawan.

He said the five perpetrators who were arrested on Monday night (6/5) in the alleged distribution of magic mushrooms in Gili Trawangan each had the initials SA (31) a resident of Medana Village, PA (32) a resident of Medana Village, SS (23) a resident of Sandik Village, SW (32) a resident of Singgar Jalin Village, and JJ a resident of Pulsar Village.

The writer did not specify the role of each of the perpetrators because the reason for the examination was still ongoing.

However, he said, from the results of the preliminary examination, the perpetrators were suspected of selling drugs of class one type of plant to visitors in Gili Trawangan.

According to him, the 2.2 kilograms of magic mushrooms confiscated in the form of plastic packages as many as 145 packaging have now been secured at the North Lombok Police.

Sastrawan ensured that the examination of the case referred to a criminal violation of Article 114 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 132 paragraph (1) and/or Article 111 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 132 paragraph (1) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning narcotics.