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Comedian Tessy arrested for using meth
BEKASI: The police have arrested comedian Kabul Basuki, more commonly known as Tessy, for allegedly consuming crystal methamphetamine (shabu-shabu)
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EKASI: The police have arrested comedian Kabul Basuki, more commonly known as Tessy, for allegedly consuming crystal methamphetamine (shabu-shabu).
National Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Agus Rianto revealed on Tuesday evening that the police had arrested Tessy on Oct. 23 at a house in Bekasi, West Java, where the 66-year-old comedian was found taking crystal meth with two friends.
'We arrested him at his friend's house at 10 p.m.,' Agus said as quoted by kompas.com.
He said Tessy rushed to a bathroom and swallowed some cleaning liquid when the police made to arrest him.
The comedian is being treated at the Kramat Jati Police Hospital in East Jakarta.
Agus added that the police confiscated a cell phone, savings book, 1.6 grams of crystal meth and a bong at the time of the arrest.
