Comedian Polo arrested for drugs

Comedian Polo arrested for drugs

JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives arrested on Thursday
night well-known comedian Barata Nugroho, popularly called Polo,
for possessing illegal drugs, an officer at the city police
headquarters said.

"The comedian was arrested at his house at 7 p.m. in Tanjung
Duren in West Jakarta," city police headquarters spokesman Supt.
Muhammad Nur Usman said.

The kind of drug found in Barata's possession was not known
yet as the investigation is still underway, he said.

A police source, however, said it was shabu-shabu (crystal
metamphetamine).

"The comedian is currently being interrogated at the city
police narcotics unit," Nur told The Jakarta Post late on
Thursday night.

The 38-year-old comedian appears on several television shows
with the traditional comedy group Srimulat.

Polo, who is usually a maid in the Srimulat show, is currently
starring in a television advertisement.

Another comedian Sudharmaji alias Doyok, who sometimes also
performs with Srimulat, was recently arrested for possessing
shabu-shabu.

Doyok will be tried in Tangerang soon. (asa)