3 suspected dealers wanted following Nigerian's arrest<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto and Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta\/Tangerang<\/p>\n
Police are looking for an Algerian and two Indonesians allegedly
\ninvolved in drug smuggling. This follows the arrest of Nigerian
\nStephen Rasheed Akinyemi on Tuesday at the Soekarno-Hatta
\nInternational Airport, who was found to have 400 grams of heroin
\nconcealed in his underwear.<\/p>\n
"We are chasing three suspects -- an Algerian and an
\nIndonesian who both stay in Jakarta, and another Indonesian who
\nis believed to be in Surabaya (East Java)," said city police
\nchief of detectives for narcotics division Adj. Sr. Comr. Anjan
\nPramuka Putra.<\/p>\n
He said the three had suspected links with drug trafficking in
\nIndonesia.<\/p>\n
Anjan refrained from identifying the suspects further but said
\nthat they had come under suspicion due to communications with
\nAkinyemi.<\/p>\n
Akinyemi, 34, a resident of Cempaka Hijau, Blok S, South
\nJakarta, was arrested at the airport, carrying 400 grams of
\nheroin wrapped in several packages.<\/p>\n
The packages were found within a sock hidden in Akinyemi's
\nunderwear. Airport security guards became suspicious when they
\nobserved something strange with the suspect's trousers.<\/p>\n
Akinyemi was due to fly to Surabaya at 5:40 p.m. on Tuesday
\nand had been transporting the heroin for a buyer in the country's
\nsecond largest city.<\/p>\n
He told police investigators that he had been ordered by an
\nunidentified Algerian to pick up the heroin from an Indonesian in
\nJakarta and to deliver it to an Indonesian buyer in Surabaya.<\/p>\n
"If he had delivered the packages, with a street value of Rp
\n500 million (about US$60,900), he would have received Rp 5
\nmillion in commission," Anjan said.<\/p>\n
He revealed that although the police were aware of other
\nnetworks operating in Indonesia, Akinyemi's network hadn't been
\ndetected by the police before the airport arrest.<\/p>\n
Early last month police uncovered an international drug
\ntrafficking network controlled by Nigerian inmate Nwaolisa Hansen
\nAnthony, who is currently serving a life sentence at the Cipinang
\nprison in East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Anthony contacted the men working for him by using his mobile
\nphone to call as far away as Pakistan. Every week Anthony's men
\nwere reportedly able to smuggle between four and five kilograms
\nof heroin into Indonesia.<\/p>\n
The trafficking was often undertaken by three or four couriers
\nwho swallowed the packages of heroin to thwart airport security
\nchecks. The heroin was transported into Jakarta via Polonia
\nAirport in the North Sumatra capital of Medan, and Ngurah Rai
\nInternational Airport in Bali.<\/p>\n
Police arrested six members of Antony's network in Jakarta,
\nwho were identified as Nengsih, Fanny Cynthia alias Maya,
\nTriyatmi alias Tri, George Obinya alias Andy, Chukwuka Sunday
\nThomas alias Mature alias Macho.<\/p>\n
Anjan also claimed that in the last week his office had
\nmanaged to uncover two groups of drug traffickers led by Budiono
\nalias Honggi and Harri Aritonang.<\/p>\n
"In that case we captured a total of 13 suspects and
\nconfiscated 38.1 grams of heroin, 670 grams of shabu-shabu (low-
\ngrade heroin) and 249 ecstasy pills." he added.<\/p>",
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