Drugstore owner busted for selling marijuana<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested a man who used his
\ntraditional medicine shop on Jl. Sahardjo in Tebet, South
\nJakarta, as a front for drug dealing, an officer said yesterday.<\/p>\n
The head of the city police Narcotics Detective Unit Lt. Col.
\nAbdullah said Syaiful Bachri, 27, was caught red-handed selling
\nmarijuana to a plainclothes officer at his shop Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Police confiscated three kilograms of dried marijuana stored
\nunder a wooden bed in his shop.<\/p>\n
The undercover police officer, First Lt. Heru Supriyanto, told
\nreporters that Syaiful offered him the marijuana for Rp 1.7
\nmillion (US$130) per kilogram.<\/p>\n
\"It's quite amazing because usually in the market, especially
\nin South Jakarta, the price of dried marijuana is more than Rp 2
\nmillion per kilogram,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"He was offering me a kilo. Then we chatted for a while and he
\nagreed to make the deal,\" Heru recalled.<\/p>\n
During questioning, Syaiful admitted to having been involved
\nin drug dealing for about two years.<\/p>\n
\"He said he obtained the marijuana from another dealer named
\nAli in Pasar Minggu (South Jakarta),\" Abdullah explained, adding
\nthat police were still tracking down the whereabouts of the
\nlatter man.<\/p>\n
Syaiful himself had been under police surveillance for three
\nmonths and that he had been spotted in Depok by police
\ndetectives, he said.<\/p>\n
\"We believe that he was also a dealer for students, whose
\ncampuses are scattered along the Margonda area of Depok,\"
\nAbdullah said.<\/p>\n
Last month, police arrested three drug dealers at Kalibata
\nMall in South Jakarta with five kilograms of dried marijuana
\nwrapped in newspaper inside a blue bag.<\/p>\n
The three admitted to having been involved in the business for
\nabout three months due to the alluring price of marijuana here
\ncompared to in their hometown in Aceh.<\/p>\n
\"In many cases, dried marijuana is transported into the
\ncapital by boat and car. We're currently coordinating with the
\nAceh police and port officers to crack down on the trade,\"
\nAbdullah added. (edt)<\/p>",
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