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Police arrest two students in marijuana haul at E. Jakarta university

The police suspect that the students were supplying the marijuana to students at other universities in Jakarta.

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Mon, July 29, 2019 Published on Jul. 29, 2019 Published on 2019-07-29T12:41:05+07:00

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Police arrest two students in marijuana haul at E. Jakarta university Police display several kilograms of marijuana they seized recently at a private university in East Jakarta. Two students have been arrested in connection with the haul. (Courtesy of West Jakarta Police via kompas.com/-)

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wo students at a private university in East Jakarta have been arrested for allegedly storing several kilograms of marijuana in an on-campus room used by the student senate.

The two suspects have been identified as TBW and PH.

“Our investigators suspect the two were supplying marijuana to universities throughout the capital,” West Jakarta Police narcotics head Sr. Adj. Comr. Erick Firdaus said on Sunday as quoted by kompas.com.

Erick declined to provide any details on how the suspects obtained and distributed the marijuana, as the case was under investigation.

“We will hold a [press briefing] tomorrow,” he said. (das/iwa)

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