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Police arrest Go-Jek customer for allegedly sending crystal meth

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Mon, December 26, 2016 Published on Dec. 26, 2016 Published on 2016-12-26T18:00:57+07:00

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Police display confiscated narcotics at the National Monument complex in Central Jakarta on Dec. 6. Police display confiscated narcotics at the National Monument complex in Central Jakarta on Dec. 6. (JP/Seto Wardhana.)

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ilandak Police arrested a man who ordered an ojek (motorcycle taxi) through online ride-hailing application Go-Jek to send a package that later was found to allegedly contain crystal methamphetamines, or locally known as sabu-sabu.

The case was uncovered when a Go-Jek driver reported the suspicious package to the Fatmawati Police station in South Jakarta on Saturday night.

(Read aso: Go-Jek driver foils crystal meth delivery on Christmas Eve)

Cilandak Police chief Comr. Sujanto said Monday as quoted by Warta Kota the package contained 2 grams of crystal methamphetamines. The drugs were inserted between some snacks.

The police later arrested A, 23, the one who made the order through the Go-Jek app. The police said they were investigating the supposed receiver of the package.

“As the order was made online, it was easy for us to track them down,” Sujanto said. (evi)

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