Soccer players nabbed for drugs

Soccer players nabbed for drugs

TANGERANG: Two soccer players from Sleman, Central Java, who
were here for a competition were nabbed for using drugs at Hotel
Istana Nelayan on Jl. Gatot Subroto, Tangerang municipality, on
Tuesday evening.

Adj. Comr. Zaenudin, chief the police narcotics unit,
identified the two soccer players as Deddy Setiady, 26, Dwi
Prasetyo, 23, from the Sleman soccer team.

When the police raided their room, they found a bong, a device
used to use crystal methaphetamine (shabu-shabu), in Dwi's bag.

They admitted to have taken the drugs, which they obtained
from Kukuh Primanto, 23, one of their supporters who also lives
in Sleman, while Kukuh said that he got it from his friend Asri
Hariadi, 27, a resident of Batu Ceper, Tangerang. Both of them
were later arrested in Asri's house.

The four were detained at the police headquarters.

Zaenuddin said that the Sleman soccer team manager, Bambang,
had not showed up at the police headquarters as of Wednesday
afternoon. --JP