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Detainee dies after allegedly swallowing crystal meth
A detainee identified as Ferdinan, 21, was pronounced dead on Thursday at the Yogyakarta’s Dr Sardjito Hospital after allegedly swallowing a packet of crystal methamphetamine locally known as sabu-sabu.
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detainee identified as Ferdinan, 21, was pronounced dead on Thursday at the Yogyakarta’s Dr Sardjito Hospital after allegedly swallowing a packet of crystal methamphetamine locally known as sabu-sabu.
Yogyakarta Drug Detention Center head, Erwedi Supriyatno, said Ferdinan, who was actually a detainee of Sleman District Court, had been detained at the center during his trial process.
He was attending his trial on Tuesday with 16 other inmates when a police officer saw him and two other detainees allegedly receiving drugs from someone else.
“A police officer, who was on duty at the trial, saw one of the three inmates getting something from another person,” Erwedi said, as quoted by kompas.com on Friday.
Other inmates immediately returned to the detention center after the trial, but the remaining three, including Ferdinan, stayed behind to undergo further questioning. However, no evidence was found.
They were then placed in an isolation room at the detention center.
“We put them in the isolation room to make sure, if they had hidden something, the items would not be thrown away,” Erwedi said.
At 8 a.m. on Wednesday, the detention center’s medical team was conducting a routine check-up on the inmates when they received a report that Ferdinan had come down with a fever.
“The doctor examined him and decided that he must be taken to the nearest hospital,” he said.
An hour after receiving treatment, Ferdinan threw up and a plastic packet was found in his vomit. Erwedi said his unit quickly coordinated with Sleman Police’s narcotics unit who checked the packet and found 5 grams of crystal meth inside.
As his condition worsened, Ferdinan was moved to Yogyakarta’s Dr Sardjito Hospital. He was reported to have died on Thursday. (nmn)
