Man caught with marijuana

Man caught with marijuana

TANGERANG (JP): Tangerang Police arrested a suspected drug
dealer, identified as Slamet, 24, at his home in the Curug
housing complex here, and confiscated two kilograms of marijuana
worth Rp 2 million (US$250) and Rp 35,000 in cash, an officer
said on Friday.

"The man admitted to having sold the marijuana for the past
three months," said Tangerang Police detectives chief Capt.
Krisnandi.

Slamet was arrested after selling marijuana to plainclothes
officers who had been working undercover on the case for about a
week.

The suspect said he usually sold an envelope of hashish for Rp
20,000, while dried marijuana cigarettes were sold for Rp 10,000
per six cigarettes, the officer said.

"He said he sold the marijuana to students here," Krisnandi
said.

The suspect could face seven years in prison and a Rp 250
million fine for the possession, sale and use of marijuana.
(41/edt)