Senior military officer's son caught with drugs<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta Police apprehended two men in
\npossession of drugs at a hotel on Sunday morning, one of whom was
\nreportedly an active member of the Army's Special Force
\n(Kopassus) and the son of a high-ranking Indonesian Military
\n(TNI) officer.<\/p>\n
Police sources close to the investigation identified the
\nalleged Kopassus member as Second Lt. Agus Ishok, the eldest son
\nof a senior officer in the Army.<\/p>\n
As of last night, the Army remained silent about the case and
\nno West Jakarta Police officers or their superiors at the Jakarta
\nPolice were willing to discuss its details.<\/p>\n
However, the 22-year-old man initially identified himself as
\nDeky Setiawan, and said he was a 20-year-old resident of Dago
\nPermai housing complex in the West Java capital of Bandung, the
\nsource said.<\/p>\n
The West Jakarta Police received a phone call on Sunday
\nafternoon from a person claiming to be a Kopassus captain, who
\nsaid Deky was a fellow member of the elite unit and the son of a
\nsenior military officer.<\/p>\n
After double checking with the suspect, West Jakarta Police
\nchief Lt. Col. Adjie Rustam Ramdja and his men were ordered by
\ncity police chief Maj. Gen. Noegroho Djajoesman to bring the
\nKopassus officer to his father's home in order \"to settle the
\ncase in accordance with military's procedures\", the source said.<\/p>\n
During early questioning, Deky showed the police detectives an
\nidentity card which stated he was a private employee from
\nBandung.<\/p>\n
According to Noegroho, his men arrested Deky and another
\nsuspect, identified as Donny, in room 408 of the Travel Hotel in
\nMangga Besar, West Jakarta, at 3 a.m. on Sunday. The suspects
\nwere apprehended while smoking shabu-shabu, a crystal
\nmethamphetamine.<\/p>\n
He said police found five kilograms of shabu-shabu, 6,177
\necstasy pills, 13 grams of heroin, Rp 2,980,000 (US$425) in cash
\nand a check for Rp 3 million in Donny's bag, while a FN pistol
\nand several marijuana cigarettes were confiscated from Deky.<\/p>\n
The shabu-shabu was estimated to have a street value of at
\nleast Rp 150 million.<\/p>\n
Police have, however, officially named Donny as the only
\nsuspect in the case.<\/p>\n
Noegroho said no military members or sons of high-ranking
\nofficers were arrested during the police operation.<\/p>\n
\"Neither Donny nor Deky is a TNI member or the son of a TNI
\nmember,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He also said if a TNI member was involved, the police would
\nproceed as with any other narcotics case.<\/p>\n
\"Even if a military member was involved, this case would be
\nhandled like any other narcotics case,\" Noegroho said.<\/p>\n
He dismissed reports that a firearm had been confiscated from
\nthe suspects.<\/p>\n
\"Rumors that a firearm was confiscated in the operation are
\nwrong. It was an air rifle, not a firearm,\" the two-star general
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Asked why the military police were involved in what police
\ndescribed as a routine operation, Noegroho said: \"The military
\npolice always work with us on narcotics and robbery cases ... we
\nwant to get to the core of the drugs network in the country.\"<\/p>\n
He said police would also question the hotel owner as a
\nwitness, adding that the hotel was often used to conduct drug
\ntransactions.<\/p>\n
In a related development, Noegroho said he summoned owners of
\nseveral night spots in the capital to city police headquarters on
\nTuesday, following reports that drug transactions were often made
\nat the locations.<\/p>\n
\"They must know that they might lose their licenses if they
\nare found guilty of distributing or supplying drugs within their
\nbuildings. They might also face jail sentences,\" Noegroho said.
\n(emf\/ylt)<\/p>",
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