Official's daughter nabbed for drugs

Official's daughter nabbed for drugs

Leony Aurora, Jakarta

Jakarta Police have arrested the daughter of former top official
for alleged possession of illicit drugs.

An investigator from the city police narcotics division, who
requested anonymity, said on Friday that the police intended to
raid a boarding house belonging to a person named Stephen, who
had previously been targeted for alleged drug dealing.

When the operation took place on Thursday evening in Pasar
Minggu, South Jakarta, the police found Fauziah, also known as
Caca, 35, at Stephen's place.

Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Makbul Padmanagara confirmed
that Fauziah was a former top official's daughter.

The police discovered 0.5 grams of shabu-shabu (crystal
methamphetamine) and two marijuana cigarettes in her key holder.

They also seized five grams of shabu-shabu and five grams of
marijuana in Stephen's name card box.

Both Fauziah and Stephen were taken to the city police
headquarters for questioning and are currently being detained
there.

Fauziah, a mother of two, is not the first relative of
prominent figures in the country to be arrested for such an
offense. In August 1999, Second Lt. Agus Isrok, the eldest son of
former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Subagyo Hadisiswoyo, was arrested
for dealing drugs in Jakarta.

Agus, who was a member of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus)
at the time of his arrest, had been caught in possession of 27.9
grams of heroin, 1.6 kilograms shabu-shabu, 6,218 ecstasy pills
and 25 containers of valium.

The Jakarta Military Court found Agus guilty and sentenced him
to four years in prison and a fine of Rp 10 million (US$1,065).
The sentence was later reduced by the Jakarta Military High Court
to two years. The High Court also reinstated him as an Army
officer.

In October 2000, former president Soeharto's ex-granddaughter-
in-law Gusti Maya Firanti Noor, 29, was sentenced to eight months
in prison and fined Rp 15 million (US$1,720) for possessing a
small amount of shabu-shabu.