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Teen busted for carrying meth on train
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Passengers enjoy a trip with KAI Commuter Jabodetabek (KCJ). (The Jakarta Post/Ricky Yudhistira)
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15-year-old boy, identified only as WF, was arrested on Sunday for carrying 0.3 grams of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine) on a commuter train headed for Bekasi in West Java.
After the train arrived at the last station, a conductor woke WF up. He was taken to a security room for questioning as he was behaving suspiciously, commuter line operator PT KAI Commuter Jabodetabek (KJC) spokesperson Eva Chairunisa said in a media statement on Sunday.
“During questioning, methamphetamine was discovered in his pocket,” Eva said, adding that WF had been sent to the Bekasi Police station to undergo further questioning.
Last year, then Jakarta deputy governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat, who is now the governor, said that nearly 3.5 percent of some 10 million Jakartans, including teenagers, had fallen victim to drugs.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo previously declared a “drug state of emergency” and all-out war on illicit substances amid a seemingly high number of drug offenders. (fac/wit)
