Police burn ganja, heroin<\/p>\n
Police destroyed by fire at least 974.5 kilograms of marijuana
\nand 340 grams of pure heroin, confiscated from May until
\nSeptember this year, on Friday.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Police chief of detectives Col. Alex Bambang Riatmodjo
\nsaid on Friday the Criminal Code stipulated that law enforcement
\nagencies were required to destroy any dangerous or poisonous
\ngoods seized as soon as suspects were arrested.<\/p>\n
He cited Article 45 of the Criminal Code and Article 53 of Law
\nNo. 5\/1997 on psychotropic drugs.<\/p>\n
In fact, the law states that police or other law enforcement
\nofficials must destroy drugs seven days after their confiscation.<\/p>\n
The burning of the contraband on Friday morning released a
\nsickly sweet odor which forced many onlooking police officers to
\ntightly cover their noses.<\/p>\n
\"This is so bad. I feel a really bad headache coming on ...
\nI'm going back to my office to rest for a while,\" South Jakarta
\nPolice detectives chief Capt. Rycko Amelza Daniel said.<\/p>\n
A minor incident occurred when a high-ranking officer ordered
\na body search of a reporter who he spotted taking a small packet
\nof marijuana.<\/p>\n
\"They did not find anything on him. He had stashed it in the
\nvest of a reporter friend who quietly left the scene when nobody
\nwas looking,\" said another reporter who requested anonymity.<\/p>\n
City police chief Maj. Gen. Noegroho Djajoesman said the
\nburning of the contraband was to refute accusations that seized
\ndrugs were later resold by the police to users and dealers.<\/p>\n
\"People say we use drugs for financial gain, including to fund
\nthe police force. This burning of drugs should shut people up
\nonce and for all,\" Noegroho said. (ylt)<\/p>",
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