Islands in focus: Lawmaker, two cops arrested for drug use - Jakarta Post

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MEDAN: North Sumatra Police caught a member of the Batubara Legislative Council and two police officers using drugs in a hotel room in Parapat, Simalungun regency.

Martoyo, councilor of the Golkar Party, Brig. Kristof Sinaga and Brig. Indra Aswadi are currently being detained in Simalungun Police station.

North Sumatra Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. MP Nainggolan said the hotel raid had led to the arrest of a drug dealer named Mangasi Manurung, who had allegedly supplied drugs to the three.

Nainggolan said the police had taken urine tests of the three arrested officials. They will be declared suspects if the test indicates that they have used drugs, Simalungun Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Andi Syahriful Taufik added.

Andi said police had also found some packets of crystal methamphetamine and inhalers in the hotel room.

The three officials may face a minimum of five years imprisonment, as stipulated in law No. 35/2009 on drugs, if they are found guilty.

"As for the two police officers, they will be fired," Nainggolan added.

In May, police nabbed Labuhan Batu lawmaker Hidayat Hasibuan for using drugs in Medan. Dozens of North Sumatra Police officers have also reportedly been caught using drugs. One of them is the deputy head of the drugs unit, Adj. Sr. Comr. Apriyanto Basuki Rahmat.