Bringing Cannabis While Watching MotoGP Mandalika, Youth From DKI Arrested By Central Lombok Police

Evidence that was successfully confiscated (Photo via Antara)

JAKARTA - The Central Lombok Police Narcotics Investigation Unit, West Nusa Tenggara, arrested a young man with the initials MF (25) from Jakarta on suspicion of carrying marijuana during the Indonesian MotoGP event at the Pertamina Mandalika Circuit.

"The confiscated evidence was in the form of a clear plastic jar filled with dried marijuana," said Central Lombok Police Narcotics Head Iptu Hizkia Siagian in Praya, Monday, March 21, quoted from Antara.

The case was revealed when officers who were guarding the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia at the east parking lot of the Mandalika Circuit heard the screams of one of the spectators shouting pickpockets.

Officers immediately moved quickly and suspected the young man. When officers approached him, the suspect threw away a clear jar containing marijuana.

The officers immediately secured the suspect, then handed him over to the Central Lombok Police Narcotics Satres.

"When the officer approached the youth, his movements were suspicious and he tried to dispose of the evidence so that it was secured for further examination," he said.

In addition, officers secured the suspect along with a Red Smoking brand of cigarette paper and a bag containing money belonging to the suspect.

With the existence of this case, his party is still investigating the case and investigating the origin of the illicit goods brought by the alleged perpetrator.

"Currently, we have secured the young man at the Central Lombok Police Headquarters for further investigation. The case is still being developed," he said.