31 youngsters netted for loitering in Blok M<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested 31 youths in Blok M, South
\nJakarta, for loitering Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
A South Jakarta Police precinct sergeant said yesterday the
\njuveniles, mostly senior high school students, were arrested on
\nJl. Melawai, Jl. Panglima Polim and Jl. Sampit between 11:30 p.m
\nand 3 a.m.<\/p>\n
\"It's a routine operation intended to prevent the youths from
\ncausing any trouble in the area,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said a machete was confiscated from one of the youths.<\/p>\n
Ade, a student of SMAN 74, said yesterday she and her friend
\nVelina were waiting for a friend in a park on Jl. Sampit when
\nthey were arrested.<\/p>\n
She said they were hanging around Blok M Plaza and planned to
\nstay at Velina's home on Jl. RS. Fatmawati.<\/p>\n
\"The police told us that we would be released at 9 a.m. but
\nuntil now (about 3 p.m.) we have not been released,\" said the 17-
\nyear-old from Tangerang.<\/p>\n
Another detained girl asked the police not to phone her
\nfather. \"Please, don't phone my father. He will kill me. Let me
\nphone my mom,\" she said.<\/p>\n
But the officer insisted they would be released only after
\ntheir parents signed a letter stating they would stop their
\nchildren loitering in the area at night.<\/p>\n
\"Some of the juveniles have been caught two or three times.
\nSome of them even slept on the streets in the Blok M area,\" the
\nofficer said.<\/p>\n
He said police had trouble taking stern action against the
\nyouths because most were underaged.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, police have detained 18 people caught at
\ndiscotheques in West Jakarta for allegedly consuming drugs.<\/p>\n
A West Jakarta Police precinct officer said 53 guests from
\nseveral discotheques including Emerald, Raja Mas, Furama and
\nAtlantik, were arrested Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
He said 35 of the 53 people arrested were released after
\npolice found nothing suspicious on them. The remaining 18 had to
\ngive a urine sample.<\/p>\n
\"We are waiting for the results of their urine tests,\" the
\nofficer said.<\/p>\n
In Central Jakarta, three men were arrested for possessing 30
\nEcstasy pills and a few grams of marijuana when police raided
\ndiscotheques Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Marimba discotheque at Hotel Sentral on Jl. Pramuka and some
\ndiscotheques on Jl. Blora were among the discotheques raided.
\n(jun)<\/p>",
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