Man may face jail for minding drugs

JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta District Court was asked yesterday to sentence a 23-year-old man to one year in jail for failing to report that his friend possessed 1.8 grams of heroin.

Prosecutor Agus Widodo said the defendant, Bakhtiar Alamsyah, had been found guilty of violating Article 48 of Law No. 9/1979 on narcotics.

Bakhtiar committed a crime when he did not report his friend, Randi, to police, Agus said.

Randi asked Bakhtiar, a resident of Kebun Jeruk, West Jakarta, to keep a pack of cigarettes for him on July 3, the prosecutor said.

The defendant tried to get rid of the pack when he realized it contained heroin but he was arrested by police before he had a chance, he said.

Presiding judge Maryatmo adjourned the trial until next week to consider the sentence he will impose. (jun)