TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
N.Sumatra student arrested for allegedly distributing marijuana on campus
Change Size
Illegal greenery -- A police officer opens a package containing marijuana during a public display in Jakarta recently.
(Tempo/-)
A
Medan Institute of Technology (ITM) student was arrested on Sunday after police allegedly found him in possession of three kilograms of marijuana they suspect he intended to distribute at his campus.
Medan Police officers claim they arrested the student, Maruntung Manalu, 21, from Siak regency, Riau, when he was packing marijuana leaves at the ITM campus early Sunday. The suspect reportedly attempted to resist the arrest but the police, supported by several students and residents living nearby, managed to remove him from the campus.
Medan Police chief Adj. Comr. Martuasah Hermindo Tobing said the arrest was conducted based on information from students who were apprehensive about what they called the rampant distribution of drugs at the ITM campus. During the raid, the police confiscated three kilograms marijuana as evidence, he said.
“It comprises 62 envelopes of marijuana ready for distribution, one plastic bag of chopped marijuana leaves and one bale of whole marijuana leaves,” Martuasah told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.
He said the police were investigating further. He claimed there was more than one person distributing marijuana on the campus.
“We suspect there are other people involved in supplying marijuana to the campus. All are still being investigated,” said Martuasah.
He said the suspect could be charged with Article 111 ( 2 ) of Law No. 35/2009 on narcotics, which could result in imprisonment from five to 20 years if convicted. (ebf)
