Two South Sulawesi legislators caught with drugs, held

Makassar, S Sulawesi (ANTARA) – The South Sulawesi police reported that two members of Sinjai district’s legislative physique have been arrested whereas making an attempt to devour crystal methamphetamine at a lodge in Makassar metropolis on July 31, 2023.

The lawmakers have been recognized as KM from the Nationwide Mandate Celebration (PAN) and MW from Golkar Celebration, director of the South Sulawesi Police’s Narcotics Division, Sen.Coms.Darmawan Affandi, stated.

They have been nabbed at Maleo Resort following the arrest of a drug courier, recognized by his initials as A, who helped them receive a sachet of crystal meth, he advised native journalists right here on Wednesday.

“The police investigators are nonetheless probing the case,” he stated, including that the personnel who arrested them discovered a sachet of crystal meth weighing 0.39 grams.

Affandi stated the 2 legislators might have obtained the drug for private consumption and should have requested A to assist them buy it.

ANTARA reported earlier that in accordance with a joint survey carried out by the Nationwide Narcotics Company (BNN) and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in 2019, there have been over 3.4 million drug customers in Indonesia.

The survey carried out in 34 provinces indicated that about 180 out of each 10 thousand Indonesians within the age group of 15 to 64 years have been hooked on medicine.

The customers of crystal methamphetamine, narcotics, marijuana, and different sorts of addictive medicine can belong to any neighborhood and socioeconomic and cultural background.

Therefore, it’s not shocking if politicians, college students, and entertainers are typically discovered to be drug customers.

In August 2018, Ibrahim Hasan alias Ibrahim Hongkong, a member of Langkat district’s legislative physique in North Sumatra province, was arrested over his involvement in transnational drug trafficking actions.

The case led to Ibrahim being sacked from the Nationwide Democrat Celebration (Nasdem), which had paved the best way for his political profession and his election as a member of Langkat district’s legislative physique.

The federal government is properly conscious of the alarming menace of drug abuse and dependancy within the nation. Since his first management time period, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has been reminding the nation of the grave influence of drug consumption on Indonesia.