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amansari Police personnel arrested a 32-year-old man, identified only as AS, on Thursday night for allegedly distributing crystal methamphetamine in the Tamansari area, West Jakarta.

Police found 12 packages of methamphetamine with a total weight of 42 grams in the suspect’s pocket. Tamansari Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Nasriadi said AS had been a police target for the last month, and officers had waited until they were certain of AS’ criminal activities before making the arrest.

“We had been following him for one month to make sure he was really a methamphetamine dealer,” Nasriadi said on Friday as quoted by tribunnews.com, adding that most of his customers were people living in boarding houses nearby.

Nasriadi said the suspect had so far refused to reveal whom he had bought the narcotics from, but emphasized that police would investigate further.

AS will be charged under Article 114 of Narcotics Law No. 35/2009 on drug trafficking that carries a minimum punishment of five years imprisonment.