Within 2 Months, Tangerang Police Arrest 34 Drug Suspects

Dozens of drug suspects at Tangerang Police Station/ Photo: Tangerang Police Doc.

JAKARTA - The Tangerang Police Narcotics Investigation Unit, the Banten Police, arrested 34 suspects for the abuse of class 1 narcotics, types of marijuana, methamphetamine, and synthetic tobacco. The suspects were arrested in the last 2 months, from September to October 2021.

"Disclosure of drug cases over the past 2 months with 34 suspects is a manifestation of the seriousness of the Tangerang Police Narcotics Unit to continue to make every effort to eradicate drug crimes within the Banten Police jurisdiction," said Tangerang Police Chief Kombes Pol Wahyu Sri Bintoro in a statement received on Saturday, October 22. .

The suspects, said Wahyu, there are those who act as dealers and some are users. A number of evidences were in the form of 859.25 grams of marijuana, 94.64 grams of methamphetamine, and 3.41 grams of synthetic tobacco.

"With the disclosure of this drug case, a total of 3,343 people have been saved," Wahyu explained.

The suspects were charged with Article 114 Paragraph (1) and Paragraph (2) of the Narcotics Law with a penalty of 20 years in prison. There are also those who are charged with Article 112 Paragraph (1) and Paragraph (2) of the Narcotics Law with a penalty of 12 years in prison. As well as Article 111 Paragraph (1) of the Narcotics Law with a threat of 12 years in prison.

Separately, the Head of Public Relations of the Banten Police, AKBP Shinto Silitonga, invited all elements of society to fight drug trafficking.

"Let's fight drug trafficking together to save the nation, especially the younger generation," said Shinto Silitonga.