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Busway violator arrested for marijuana possession

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Thu, January 4, 2018 Published on Jan. 4, 2018 Published on 2018-01-04T14:01:20+07:00

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Police officers write tickets for motorcyclists caught driving in the Transjakarta bus lane in November 2013. Police officers write tickets for motorcyclists caught driving in the Transjakarta bus lane in November 2013. (JP/file)

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he South Jakarta Police have arrested a man who was found to be carrying more than 4 grams of marijuana in the course of stopping him for driving in the busway on Wednesday.

The man hit a police officer with his motorcycle as he tried to evade their instruction to stop, tempo.co reported on Thursday.

The South Jakarta Police's traffic unit chief, Sr. Adj. Cmr. Edi Surasa, said Rihadus Solihin was driving his motorcycle in the Transjakarta bus lane along Jl. Mampang Prapatan, South Jakarta, when Adj. First Insp. Bambang Kuswo signaled him to stop In front of a car showroom.

Rihadus apparently sped up instead of stopping and hit another officer, Brig. Zikri Zulfikar, with his motorcycle. 

“When he was arrested and searched, the police found that he was carrying a package of marijuana,” Edi said. (gis)

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