Drug addict caught in toilet

JAKARTA (JP): An alleged drug addict has been arrested in the toilet at a shopping mall on Jl. Cokroaminoto in the Menteng area in Central Jakarta, City Police spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said yesterday.

He said a small package of third-grade heroin or putauw, a spoon, a syringe and a bottle of mineral water had been seized during Thursday's arrest as evidence.

Aritonang identified the suspect as MS, 24.

"MS was busy in the toilet preparing the putauw to be injected into her arm when a security officer caught her," he said.

He said the arrest was made following a report from some visitors to the mall about a woman who acted strangely in the toilet.

Aritonang said the woman could be jailed for at least a year for using the narcotics. (cst)