Mega's nephew arrested for drugs

JAKARTA: Police captured on Tuesday night Tubagus Haryanto, 24, a step son of Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, younger sister of President Megawati Soekarnoputri for drug trafficking.

Tubagus was nabbed at 10 p.m. at the bus stop in front of a McDonald's outlet in Tebet, South Jakarta when he was allegedly purchasing a small amount of putaw (type of heroin) from a drug pusher, Frans.

Tubagus, who resides in Ciganjur, South Jakarta, claimed that Frans had set him up in the case.

However, according to an officer from the Tebet police subprecinct, Tubagus had contacted Frans to purchase the heroin, but at that time Frans had already been nabbed by police at Wisma Tebet at 8 p.m., but they allowed him to meet his contacts so they could arrest them as well, one of which was the President's nephew. --JP