Ecstasy in East Java<\/p>\n
SURABAYA, East Java: Provincial Police Chief Maj. Gen.
\nSumarsono said that the designer drug Ecstasy, now widely
\ncirculating throughout Indonesia, entered here through Bali from
\ncountries such as Australia and Germany, Antara reported
\nyesterday.<\/p>\n
Sumarsono then apologized to the press for having to cover up
\nmany facts about drug trafficking in the province. \"The police
\nand journalists are partners. But I'm sorry, there are many
\nthings related to Ecstasy which cannot be disclosed,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Police have been intensifying their campaign against drugs --
\nespecially Ecstasy -- in the tourism island of Bali.<\/p>\n
Only last week, police arrested four people for attempting to
\nsmuggle in more than 45,000 Ecstasy pills worth over Rp 4.5
\nbillion (US$2 million).<\/p>\n
Police identified the suspects as Isac Thayeb, 43, from
\nUjungpandang, who was in possession of 30,464 pills; Bob Said,
\n38, from Amsterdam, with 100 pills; Dartono, 35, from Medan, with
\n9,771 pills; and Wirht Wesley Delano, 41, from Suriname, with
\n5,635 pills.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, Denpasar police confiscated 20,781 Ecstasy
\npills at the Bali Ngurah Rai International Airport. (swe)<\/p>",
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