Youths tried for possessing heroin

Youths tried for possessing heroin

JAKARTA (JP): A prosecutor asked the West Jakarta District
Court to sentence two young men to eight and 14 months in jail
respectively for possessing putauw, or low grade heroin,
yesterday.

Prosecutor Joice Caunang asked the court to sentence Hendri
Anggara, alias Asing, 19, to 14 months in jail for possessing 0.7
grams of heroin and to sentence Asing's friend Afandi Surya
alias, Fan Fan, 18, to eight months for failing to report the
purchase of the heroin deal to police.

"The two defendants were arrested on Nov. 11 after Asing
bought the heroin for Rp 260,000 from a dealer, named Dodi, in
the Tambora area of Jakarta," she said.

Police officers stopped the defendants, who were riding a
motorcycle, shortly after the deal and found the putauw in
Asing's pocket, she said.

The defendants have been charged under Article 78 (2) of Law
No. 22/1977 on narcotics. The article carries a maximum
punishment of 10 years in jail and a fine up to Rp 500 million.
(jun)