Nine police officers punished for drugs

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Nine police officers have been punished here over the past year for drugs, a senior police officer said here on Monday.

Sr. Comr. Sayed Husainy, the spokesman of the Aceh provincial police, said four of the officers had been brought to court, two out of whom had been sentenced to jail time and dismissed from the police. The cases of the other two officers are still being heard by the court.

The other five officers received internal sanctions, including promotion delays. -- JP