Teenage Boy Arrested On Street, Police Find Hundreds Of Dangerous Illegal Drugs In Bags

BANTEN - WS (20) a male resident of Cijoro Lebak Village, Rangkasbitung District, was arrested on the edge of Siliwangi Street, Rangkasbitung Timur Village, Rangkasbitung District, Lebak Regency, for distributing pharmaceutical drugs without a distribution permit.

The officers managed to secure hundreds of pills of tramadol and yellow hexymer from the hands of WS.

The Head of the Lebak Police, AKBP Wiwin Setiawan, through the Head of Drug Research at the Lebak Police, AKP Malik Abraham, confirmed the incident.

"Yes, the ranks of the Narcotics Unit of the Lebak Police on Tuesday (July 5) have secured WS," Malik said in a written statement received Thursday, July 14.

Malik said the officers managed to secure the evidence from the hands of WS.

"From the hands of the WS perpetrator, the officers managed to secure evidence in the form of a brown sling bag in which there were 472 pills of the Hexymer brand, 104 Tramadol HCI drugs, IDR 130 thousand in cash and 1 unit of white Honda Beat brand motorcycle," he explained. Malik.

This arrest started from public information, then we carried out an investigation and finally we succeeded in revealing the circulation of pharmaceutical drugs without a distribution permit in the Lebak Regency area.

Malik explained that the Lebak Police Narcotics Unit was still developing and pursuing other perpetrators.

"Based on the results of the investigation by the perpetrator WS, the goods or drugs were obtained from the US, a male who is still pursuing us," Malik added.

To account for his actions, the perpetrator is subject to Article 197 or Article 196 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 36 concerning health with a maximum threat of 15 years in prison.