City cops burn 'grass' at Serpong

City cops burn 'grass' at Serpong

TANGERANG: Officers from the city police headquarters
incinerated drugs, confiscated as evidence in 1,276 drug offenses
between 1997 and 2002, at the Science and Technology Development
Center (Puspitek), Serpong, on Thursday.

The evidence comprised 197,000 grams of marijuana, 1,961 grams
of heroin, 281,000 ecstasy pills and 1,346,9 grams of shabu-shabu
(crystal methamphetamine).

According to chief of police detectives Sr. Comr. Bambang
Hendarso, the remaining evidence, consisting of 785,855 grams of
marijuana, 9,898 grams of heroin, 281,000 ecstasy pills and
1,346,9 grams of shabu-shabu, would be submitted to the
prosecutor's office, which would present it as evidence in court.

Also witnessing the incineration were city police deputy chief
Brig. Sunarno, city police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bahrul Alam
and several representatives from the national narcotics body.

We burned the evidence as soon as possible because we were
afraid that the continued presence of the drugs would create a
negative impression of police officers with the public, Sunarno
told media. --JP