Arrested Due To Overstay 6 Years, Malaysians In Cirebon Turn Out To Be Involved In Drug Abuse

Illustration of the arrest of the perpetrator of narcotics abuse. (Between-Shutterstock-am)

JABAR - A foreign citizen (WNA) from Malaysia who was arrested by Immigration for overstaying for 6 years in Cirebon turned out to be involved in a case of drug abuse of the type of methamphetamine. The police confirmed that they would process the crime in question.

"We have investigated (to Malaysian foreigners on behalf of Mohamad Rizal) that the methamphetamine was consumed by themselves," said Cirebon Police Narcotics Head Kompol Dadang Garnadi in Cirebon, West Java (West Java), Wednesday, January 1, confiscated by Antara.

Dadang said Malaysians who violated the Immigration Law were found consuming methamphetamine based on evidence that was secured. Cirebon Immigration followed up with police coordination.

From the Malaysians, said Dadang, the officers secured evidence in the form of narcotics suction devices or bongs, then used methamphetamine.

After the examination, the person concerned admitted to being an addict of methamphetamine, and after being investigated it had nothing to do with the circulation of narcotics in Indonesia.

"That foreigners are active users, only users, the items we found also use 0.02 grams left, but we make sure they will be prosecuted," he said.

He added that the illegal goods, from the suspect's statement, were purchased online, and then consumed alone.

As a result of his actions, Dadang continued, the suspect was subject to Article 127 of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning narcotics.

"The results of the assessment with BNN, because he is an active user, are recommended for rehabilitation," he said.

Previously, the Cirebon TPI Class I Immigration Office arrested a foreign national (WNA) from Malaysia on behalf of Mohamad Rizal, who was proven to have violated the immigration law, which had been overstayed for six years.

The foreigner was identified by the Cirebon Immigration Agency on Saturday, January 14, at around 16.00 WIB, at a hotel in Sendang Village, Sumber District, Cirebon Regency.

The arrest of the foreigner after receiving information from the public regarding the whereabouts of the suspect, then the team moved to the location in question, after that in coordination with the hotel.

Then, the officer immediately entered the intended room, and it turned out that it was true that a foreigner left the room and stated that he was a foreigner from Malaysia. When he was arrested, the foreigner was proven to be consuming methamphetamine.