Army captain caught with ecstasy and 'shabu-shabu'
Army captain caught with ecstasy and 'shabu-shabu'
JAKARTA (JP): An Army captain was arrested with at least three
other people for allegedly possessing 13 ecstasy pills and a few
grams of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine) in an apartment in
Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, a police officer said on Wednesday.
The operational control chief of the North Jakarta Police
precinct, Maj. Bayu, said the 41-year-old captain, identified
only by his initials SH, and the three men were caught in a raid
on Sunday morning.
He said the captain was still being questioned by officers
from the National Police, before being handed over to the
Military Police.
"Officers from the Tanjung Priok subprecinct made the arrest
at about 4 a.m. in apartment number 2006 at the Mitra Bahari
Apartments," Bayu said.
The three other suspects were identified as Bong Kiong Foeang,
alias Edi Gunawan, Sukma. A. and Chandra.
Edi said five ecstasy pills belonged to him, while the
remainder belonged to the Army captain. Police say the packets of
shabu-shabu belonged to Chandra.
On Aug. 8, West Jakarta Police detectives apprehended two men
in possession of drugs at a hotel. One of them was later
identified as Second Lt. Agus Isrok, an active member of the
Army's Special Force (Kopassus), and son of Gen. Subagyo
Hadisiswoyo, then the Army's chief of staff.
Until now, the case -- which is being handled by the Jakarta
Military Police -- remains a mystery.
Separately, Jakarta Police chief of detectives Col. Alex
Bambang Riatmodjo said on Wednesday a smoking device and a packet
of shabu-shabu was confiscated from a 38-year-old Chinese
national at Kemayoran Apartment on Tuesday morning.
"At about 7 a.m. on Tuesday, an anonymous individual informed
the security post at the apartment block that Ka Chun (the
suspect) was behaving suspiciously. On his own initiative, a
security guard at the apartment block raided Ka's apartment,
found the drugs, and handed the man and the goods over to us,"
Alex said.
On the same day, Handi Sudianto, 37, was apprehended with 15
grams of shabu-shabu, 50 ecstasy pills and a smoking device at
his home in Citra Raya housing complex, Cikupa, Tangerang.
Meanwhile, South Jakarta Police arrested seven suspects over
possession of 153.6 kilograms of marijuana on Jl. Nyai Dasima,
Sawah Lama, Ciputat, early Tuesday morning.
Officers of the Pancoran subprecinct arrested two other drug
suspects on Monday night over possession of 2.8 kilograms of
dried marijuana on Jl. Duren Tiga, South Jakarta. (ylt)