Thursday 24 July 2008

Visitor brings 'shabu' to jail

There are many stories about the amount of drugs available behind bars, but the Jakarta Post was able to explain how it appears to be getting smuggled in!

JAKARTA: A visitor to Central Jakarta's Salemba Penitentiary was arrested for smuggling 30 grams of crystal methamphetamine (known as shabu-shabu) in her sanitary pad.

The 20-year-old woman was at the penitentiary to visit a friend.

"When a female officer searched her, she found something wedged in the woman's private area," said penitentiary head Bambang Sumardiono, as quoted by detik.com Monday.

The woman said she was menstruating, but the inspecting officer insisted on a further search, uncovering five packs of shabu-shabu.

AK, the person SW was to visit, was put in an isolation room after the discovery, Bambang said.

"He (the inmate) admitted he knew her. Our internal sanction was to place him in the isolation cell."

Thorough belonging and body checks for inmate visitors are important for reducing narcotics distribution inside the penitentiary, Bambang added.


Seems like the new slogan at the jail is “Say No to Crack”

2 comments:

  1. If the poor womans name was "Dawn" would the venerable Jakarta Post have ran the headline "Arrest at the crack of Dawn?"

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  2. Now this is cracking me up...stop it!!

    GJ

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