Ecstasy factory, pills found in apartments<\/p>\n
Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
In their antidrug operation held over the past few weeks, Jakarta
\nPolice have arrested eight drug dealers operating from several
\napartments in the capital, the police revealed on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The police also confiscated over 12,000 ecstasy pills and 527
\ngrams of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine) from the suspects.<\/p>\n
Chief of the narcotics unit at the city police, Comr. Sigit
\nGumantio, said that more and more dealers had chosen apartments
\nas a place to produce, store and sell drugs.<\/p>\n
\"They thought they could hide their activities in apartments
\nwhich usually protect the privacy of the tenants,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The police even found an apartment which had been converted
\ninto an ecstasy factory.<\/p>\n
The investigation started when the police arrested a suspected
\ndealer at his apartment in North Jakarta on Sept. 22. The police
\nfound 7,380 ecstasy pills in the apartment but missed the
\nsuspect's supplier, identified as Boy.<\/p>\n
On the same day, another police team apprehended a suspect who
\npossessed dozens of ecstasy pills in his apartment in Central
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
Both mentioned the name of a dealer and producer, whom the
\npolice arrested on Sept. 24.<\/p>\n
Inside the producer's apartment in Penjaringan, North Jakarta,
\nthe police found 425 grams of shabu-shabu, 800 ecstasy pills, 80
\nbottles of liquid ecstasy, 25 kilograms of caffeine, 1.3
\nkilograms of ecstasy powder and a machine to produce pills.<\/p>\n
The police also arrested two of the factories' workers.<\/p>\n
\"We are still chasing the producer. We believe he is one of
\nthe most influential men in a drug syndicate in the capital,\"
\nSigit said.<\/p>\n
He said that police would question the operator of the
\napartment as its records showed that the apartment was vacant.<\/p>\n
\"How can they have the apartment vacant on record, while
\nseveral people have been living in it for several months? They
\nshould explain that to us,\" Sigit said.<\/p>\n
Police also arrested a suspected drug dealer near an apartment
\nin Mangga Besar, Taman Sari, West Jakarta on Sept. 29, with two
\ngrams of shabu-shabu while on Sept. 30, another suspected drug
\ndealer, identified as Asiek Suwandi, was arrested with 3,000
\necstasy pills in Puri Indah Mall in Kembangan, West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Both suspects gave the police the names of their respective
\nsuppliers.<\/p>\n
Sigit said that police would keep a watch on apartments, which
\naccording to information, were venues of drug parties and
\ntransactions.<\/p>\n
Previously, police also confiscated thousands of ecstasy pills
\nand arrested several drug dealers in other apartments, including
\nRajawali Apartments in Pademangan, Central Jakarta and in Luguna
\nApartments near Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.<\/p>",
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