Police hunt marijuana syndicate<\/p>\n
BANDA ACEH, Aceh: A joint police force has launched a massive
\nhunt in Banda Aceh for a syndicate believed to own over two tons
\nof dried marijuana leaves seized on Thursday in North Aceh
\nregency.<\/p>\n
The illegal materials, confiscated from a North Sumatra-bound
\ntruck in front of Baktiya precinct police station in the regency,
\nwere the largest quantity ever seized by the North Aceh police.<\/p>\n
North Aceh police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Eko Daniyanto said,
\nwhen contacted by Antara in Banda Aceh on Friday, that the 2,197
\nkilograms of marijuana leaves packed in cardboard boxes were
\nabout to be smuggled out of the province.<\/p>\n
\"The North Aceh police are cooperating with the Banda Aceh
\npolice in the hunt because investigation has indicated that
\nsyndicate suspects are still at large in the Aceh capital city,\"
\nEko added. --Antara<\/p>\n
Jambi to tighten logging permits<\/p>\n
JAMBI, Jambi: The provincial police of Jambi have appealed for
\ntighter control over the issue of logging permits for the
\nprevention of illegal logging and environmental damage in the
\nregion.<\/p>\n
In response to hopes that the environment would be
\nsafeguarded, as expressed by President Megawati on her visit to
\nJambi on Wednesday, regional police chief Brig. Gen. Mudjianto
\nsaid on Friday his personnel were continuing to intensify their
\nenvironmental protection efforts.<\/p>\n
\"But the eradication of timber theft now rampant in Jambi
\nshould be better coordinated with other relevant regencies in the
\nregion in order to facilitate field anticipation and control,\"
\nMudjianto pointed out.<\/p>\n
The provincial police leader stressed the importance of
\ncoordination with the forestry agency because the granting of
\nlogging permits in areas where only conserved vegetation remained
\nwould certainly lead to illegal exploitation. --Antara<\/p>\n
33,000 flood victims evacuated<\/p>\n
PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Seventeen thousand families, or
\n33,000 people, were evacuated from floods that had hit four areas
\nin West Kalimantan for almost two weeks and claimed five lives.<\/p>\n
West Kalimantan Governor Usman Ja'far reported the disaster,
\nwhich had affected 10 districts in the regencies of Pontianak,
\nBengkayang, Sambas and the municipality of Singkawang, to
\nvisiting Vice President Hamzah Haz in Pontianak on Friday.<\/p>\n
Hamzah Haz, who was in Pontianak to open an economy conference
\nand a working meeting of the Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals
\nAssociation, symbolically handed over aid to the regents and
\nmayor of the flood-stricken areas.<\/p>\n
The floods, lasting from January 10 to January 22, also
\nsubmerged 10,805 hectares of paddy and corn fields as well as
\nhorticultural plantations, rendering 2,381 hectares of paddy
\nfield unproductive. --Antara<\/p>\n
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Train derailed, two killed<\/p>\n
BANDUNG, West Java: Two people were killed when a freight
\ntrain drove off a dead-end track into a ravine beside Cilame
\nstation, Padalarang, 15 kilometers west of the West Java capital
\nof Bandung on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The cause of PT Kereta Api Indonesia's (PT KAI's) latest fatal
\naccident appears to be related to a stop light either not being
\nactivated or ignored.<\/p>\n
PT KAI spokesman for Bandung, Akhmad Sujadi, said on Friday
\nthat police had been unable to remove the bodies of the victims,
\nwho were crushed beneath two cars.<\/p>\n
\"The team has just found their legs while other body parts
\nhave yet to be removed,\" he said.<\/p>\n
A third man, Asep, 24, from Bandung, suffered serious
\ninjuries. He was being cared for at the Hasan Sadikin General
\nHospital in the city.<\/p>\n
Akhmad said the victims were illegal passengers because the
\n15-car train, carrying textiles to Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta,
\nwas not intended for passengers.<\/p>\n
Akhmad said locomotive engineer Sukirwan was helping police
\nwith their investigation. --JP<\/p>",
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