Drug raid nets policeman, prosecutor<\/p>\n
Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan<\/p>\n
Medan Police were questioning on Wednesday a prosecutor and
\npolice officer who were arrested separately a day earlier on drug
\ncharges.<\/p>\n
The two drug suspects are Rajali, 45, a prosecutor with the
\nMedan Prosecutor's Office, and Second Adj. Insp. Iskandar, an
\nofficer attached to the North Sumatra Provincial Police's drug
\nsquad.<\/p>\n
The chief of the Medan Municipal Police's drug squad, Comr.
\nKumbul, said on Wednesday that Rajali was arrested on Tuesday
\nnight along with two accomplices, Abdul Muas, 32, and Jeini, 29.
\nThe police seized a half kilogram of dry hashish and a small
\npackage of crystal amphetamine during the arrests.<\/p>\n
Kumbul said that the police first arrested Jeini on Jl.
\nKatamso, and he then led the officers to Rajali and Abdul Muas.<\/p>\n
Jeini told the police later on that the drugs, which he
\nintended to sell to the public, belonged to Rajali and Abdul
\nMuas.<\/p>\n
During police questioning on Wednesday, Rajali confessed that
\nthe drugs were his, but that he intended them for personal use.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Iskandar, a police officer, was also arrested on
\nTuesday night along with two accomplices, Suhadi, 40 and Tohri,
\n33. They were apprehended while consuming drugs in a house on Jl.
\nGunung Mahameru, Medan city.<\/p>\n
During the raid, the police seized four small plastic packages
\ncontaining crystal amphetamine, three aluminum foils and other
\ndrug-taking paraphernalia.<\/p>\n
Like Rajali, Iskandar told the arresting officers that he
\nintended the drugs for personal consumption.<\/p>\n
\"Despite what they said, we will investigate their respective
\nroles in these drug cases,\" said Kumbul.<\/p>\n
Responding to the arrest of Rajali, North Sumatra Prosecutor's
\nOffice spokesman J. Ketaren said that his office would not
\nattempt to protect the arrested prosecutor.<\/p>\n
He further said that if Rajali was convicted, he would be
\ndismissed from the service.<\/p>",
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