Former boxing champion arrested for drug dealing<\/p>\n
Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Former world boxing champion Ellias Pical, 48, was arrested early
\non Wednesday for selling ecstasy pills to police detectives in a
\nnightclub in Taman Sari, West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
City Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Tjiptono said that Ellias was
\napprehended together with a female friend identified as
\nLisdianah, 33, at 00:30 a.m. at Miles disco while offering for
\nsale three ecstasy pills to undercover police officers.<\/p>\n
\"Lisdianah was the middlewoman who led us to Ellias. He
\noffered three ecstasy pills to our undercover detectives for Rp
\n300,000,\" Tjiptono said.<\/p>\n
Tjiptono said that Ellias, a resident of Kunciran, Tangerang,
\nBanten province, had been detained at city police headquarters.<\/p>\n
Ellias, who works at the disco as a security guard, was the
\nfirst Indonesian to become a world boxing champion after beating
\nKorean boxer Judo Chun in 1985.<\/p>\n
With his strong left hook, he defended his title after
\nsuccessively beating six title challengers.<\/p>\n
In 1989, he lost his title to Colombian Juan Polo Perez in a
\nfight in Virginia, the United States and failed to regain his
\ntitle in the rematch the following year.<\/p>\n
During his recent interview with The Jakarta Post, he said
\nfinding a steady job after his boxing career ended had not been
\neasy.<\/p>\n
He has also complained of the government \"dumping him\" after
\nhe lost his title.<\/p>\n
Ellias, who was born in Ambon, Maluku in 1957, dropped out of
\nelementary school to train as a boxer.<\/p>\n
Tjiptono said that earlier they also arrested two other drug
\ndealers, identified as AAH, 24, and Dede Jaenudin, 25, in the
\nAthena nightclub in Tambora, West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"They seized 16 ecstasy pills from them. We are tracking down
\nthe supplier of all the arrested suspects,\" he said.<\/p>",
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