Police Arrest Methamphetamine Dealers In Temanggung, Selling Packages Of IDR 500 Thousand

Head of Operations Section of the Temanggung Police Narcotics Unit, IPDA Deni Susiana in Temanggung, gave a press statement. ANTARA/Heru Suyitno

The police arrested a narcotics dealer of methamphetamine with the initials S, a resident of Bansari, Temanggung Regency, Central Java (Central Java).

Head of the Operations Section of the Temanggung Police Narcotics Unit, IPDA Deni Susiana, said that the suspect bought a large amount of methamphetamine and then took a little to use for himself and then sold the methamphetamine package.

"The investigation conducted by members of the Temanggung Police Narcotics Investigation Unit received the result that suspect S sold a package of methamphetamine at a price of Rp. 500,000," he said in Temanggung, Central Java, Wednesday, May 22, which was confiscated by Antara.

This arrest was based on information about the circulation of methamphetamine in the Temanggung Regency area which was carried out by suspect S and then carried out an investigation.

According to him, transactions are carried out by means of communication via cell phone and then transferred money and methamphetamine taken somewhere/at the address.

"Suspect S bought methamphetamine with the intention of resale it with the same transaction system. For this incident, then suspect S was secured, the evidence was confiscated and taken to the Temanggung Police for further investigation and investigation," he said.

He said that in this case the police confiscated 10 packs of methamphetamine in pieces of a black straw with a weight of 4.01 grams, a cell phone, and a motorcycle.

The threat of imprisonment is a minimum of four years and a maximum of 12 years and a fine of at least Rp. 800,000,000 and a maximum of Rp. 8,000,000,000 in accordance with Article 114 paragraph (1) Subsidiary Article 112 paragraph (1) of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics.