Drug raid nets policeman, prosecutor

Drug raid nets policeman, prosecutor

Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan

Medan Police were questioning on Wednesday a prosecutor and
police officer who were arrested separately a day earlier on drug
charges.

The two drug suspects are Rajali, 45, a prosecutor with the
Medan Prosecutor's Office, and Second Adj. Insp. Iskandar, an
officer attached to the North Sumatra Provincial Police's drug
squad.

The chief of the Medan Municipal Police's drug squad, Comr.
Kumbul, said on Wednesday that Rajali was arrested on Tuesday
night along with two accomplices, Abdul Muas, 32, and Jeini, 29.
The police seized a half kilogram of dry hashish and a small
package of crystal amphetamine during the arrests.

Kumbul said that the police first arrested Jeini on Jl.
Katamso, and he then led the officers to Rajali and Abdul Muas.

Jeini told the police later on that the drugs, which he
intended to sell to the public, belonged to Rajali and Abdul
Muas.

During police questioning on Wednesday, Rajali confessed that
the drugs were his, but that he intended them for personal use.

Meanwhile, Iskandar, a police officer, was also arrested on
Tuesday night along with two accomplices, Suhadi, 40 and Tohri,
33. They were apprehended while consuming drugs in a house on Jl.
Gunung Mahameru, Medan city.

During the raid, the police seized four small plastic packages
containing crystal amphetamine, three aluminum foils and other
drug-taking paraphernalia.

Like Rajali, Iskandar told the arresting officers that he
intended the drugs for personal consumption.

"Despite what they said, we will investigate their respective
roles in these drug cases," said Kumbul.

Responding to the arrest of Rajali, North Sumatra Prosecutor's
Office spokesman J. Ketaren said that his office would not
attempt to protect the arrested prosecutor.

He further said that if Rajali was convicted, he would be
dismissed from the service.