Police burn contraband

Police burn contraband

JAKARTA (JP): Ciputat Police in South Jakarta destroyed on
Tuesday 151.3 kilograms of dry marijuana leaves, confiscated from
five suspected drug dealers on Jl. Nyai Dasimah in the Sawah Lama
village of Ciputat, Tangerang, in December last year.

South Jakarta police chief Col. Nono Suprijono said that the
Criminal Code Procedure states that law enforcement agencies
should destroy any dangerous or poisonous goods seized as soon as
we arrest the suspects.

He cited Article 45 of the Criminal Code Procedure and Article
53 of Law No. 5/1997 on psychotropic drugs.

The law, however, stresses that police or other law
enforcement officials are required to destroy drugs seven days
after they confiscate them.

Ciputat police chief, Capt. Helvi Assegaf, identified the five
suspects as Sunardi bin Rajali, Samsyul Bahri bin Ruslan, Rahmadi
bin Sakuat, Anhar bun Ramli and Husaini bin Sulaiman.

"Anhar and Husaini were each shot in the leg, when they tried
to flee during the raid," he said. (ylt)