A Strange Tale of Narcotics Case

Police in Medan charged sellers of fake methamphetamine under the Narcotics Law. The Attorney General’s Office should reject the case.

Tempo

February 7, 2022

LAW enforcers never run out of material for jokes. The latest comes from Medan, North Sumatra. Police officers there working undercover to investigate the drugs trade discovered that their quarry had ‘faked’ narcotics using salt and sugar. Instead of calling off this failed operation, the police decided to pursue the case and charged these ‘fake dealers’ under the Narcotics Law.

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