Councillors arrested for drug possession

BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: Lampung Police arrested Lamijono, 37, the speaker of Tulangbawang regency council, and Jarwo Hadi, a senior councillor on the regency council, for allegedly being in possession of ecstasy pills.

The pair were arrested on Sunday morning.

At the time of arrest, the two councillors were dancing with a prostitute and a female student at a hotel in Bandarlampung city. Bandarlampung Municipal Police's chief of detectives, Comr. Hilman, also confirmed that the two had consumed ecstasy. "We conducted urine tests on them, and both of them tested positive," said Hilman. The police confiscated two ecstasy pills, a video compact disc player and nine VCDs from the two legislators. -- JP