Man arrested for faking medicine brands<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta police arrested a man yesterday
\nfor allegedly counterfeiting some traditional Chinese medicine
\nbrands, a police officer said.<\/p>\n
Chief of Penjaringan Police precinct Maj. Sujarno said that
\nMichael Husada Yunawan alias Cuming was arrested at his home at
\nJl. Pluit Selatan I\/38, Penjaringan, North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
He said the house was used as a factory for packaging his
\nmedicine products.<\/p>\n
Sijaro said Michael had neither a permit from the Ministry of
\nHealth to produce the medicine nor a permit from the Ministry of
\nManpower to hire workers.<\/p>\n
He said the man also violated regulations by hiring ten
\nunderage girls at his factory and two warehouses, located,
\nrespectively, in DKI Complex Blok C\/19, Kapuk, and Grafisa
\nComplex Blok CL\/17, Jelambar, both in West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of bogus Chinese medicine types, packed in almost 400
\nmedium-sized boxes, were confiscated from Michael's warehouses,
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
In a related development, a man believed to be a drug dealer
\nwas arrested in West Jakarta on Tuesday morning for allegedly
\ntrafficking drugs worth at least Rp 20 million (US$8,163).<\/p>\n
The seized drugs were 80,000 Nipam barbiturate pills and 2,000
\nRohypnol tranquilizer pills, City Police spokesman Lt. Col. E.
\nAritonang said Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He said the drugs were confiscated from a man identified as
\nNurdian Leonardo, 47.<\/p>\n
Nurdian alias A Ten was arrested at his house on Jl.
\nPerniagaan Timur 38 following a lead West Jakarta police received
\nfrom Nurdian's neighbors.<\/p>\n
Police said Nurdian confessed he sold several types of cheap
\ndrugs, including Nipam and Rohypnol, to customers over the phone.<\/p>\n
\"Customers usually called Nurdian with their orders and then
\nhe would deliver the drugs to places where both parties agreed to
\nmeet,\" Aritonang said.<\/p>\n
He said police were still questioning Nurdian to find out more
\nabout his drug business.<\/p>\n
A police source said there was a possibility that Nurdian
\nmight be connected to people arrested earlier at a raid on a
\nNipam packaging facility.<\/p>\n
In March, police made their biggest Nipam seizure this year
\nwhen more than two million 10-milligram Nipam pills were
\nconfiscated. Twenty-one people were arrested at the factory in
\nTaman Kota housing estate, West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The government has banned the production and trade of Nipam
\nsince the 1980s. Since then, the pills have been popular with
\ndrug users.<\/p>\n
Nipam, Rohypnol and other cheap drugs are commonly sold for as
\nlow as Rp 2,500 for a strip of 10 pills at many roadside
\npharmaceutical stores, particularly in Senen and Tanah Abang in
\nCentral Jakarta, Jl. Gajah Mada in West Jakarta, and Blok A
\nmarket in South Jakarta. (cst)<\/p>",
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