Visitor at jail caught with drugs

Visitor at jail caught with drugs

JAKARTA (JP): Penitentiary guards caught a female visitor
carrying five packets of heroin inside her underwear on Wednesday
at the Pondok Bambu Women's Penitentiary in East Jakarta.

Duren Sawit police chief Comr. Listyo Sigit identified the
visitor who was handed over by penitentiary guards to police, as
Indriah Purwaningsih, 24, a Central Jakarta resident.

Indriah came to the penitentiary on Wednesday afternoon to
visit her friend, Mami Cika, 24, who has been jailed for
possession of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine), Listyo told
reporters on Wednesday.

When Indriah arrived at the penitentiary, she was looking very
nervous and scared, and this aroused the suspicion of the guards.

"So, a female guard took her to the bathroom and strip-
searched her. Five packets of heroin were found inside her
panties," he explained.

Listyo said that his personnel were interrogating Indriah,
since he said she had visited Mami several times in the
penitentiary.

"She could be a drug supplier for the remand prisoners and
convicts in Pondok Bambu penitentiary," Listyo told reporters.

On Tuesday afternoon, a female drug suspect being held on
remand escaped from the penitentiary, reportedly assisted by
guards. (ylt)