Help Friends Take Drugs, This Man Gets Methamphetamine In Return, On The Street He Was Arrested

The suspect is the owner of methamphetamine at the Cilandak Sector Police, South Jakarta. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA – AJ was unlucky. He was arrested by Cilandak police officers on Jalan Taman Pendidikan II Cilandak Barat, Cilandak, South Jakarta. This 47-year-old man was caught carrying methamphetamine on his motorbike.

"The witness explained that the suspect was found in a clear plastic package containing white crystals suspected of having methamphetamine weighing 20.76 grams in the seat of the motorcycle driven by the perpetrator when he was caught," Agung said, quoting Antara, Thursday, August 26.

The suspect, Agus said, admitted that the methamphetamine he was carrying was a gift from a man named Jack in the Kebon Pisang area of Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta.

Agung still said that the shabu was a reward because AJ helped his friend, Fuad, take the prohibited item in the Kali Malang area, East Jakarta.

"Previously, the suspect helped his friend, Fuad, take crystal methamphetamine in the Kali Malang area, East Jakarta, then delivered the methamphetamine to Jack's brother in Kebon Pisang, Tanjung Priok," said Agung.

The police confiscated a number of pieces of evidence, namely one clear plastic package suspected of having methamphetamine weighing 20.76 grams, a motorcycle and a cell phone unit.

"The suspect also admitted that he had taken the methamphetamine three times and in return the suspect received Rp10 million in cash and 20 grams of the methamphetamine," said Agung.

For his actions, the suspect is charged with Article 112 paragraph 2 of Law No. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics with the threat of life imprisonment or imprisonment for a minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 20 years in prison.