Police arrest 15 in 'shabu-shabu' house raid<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Fifteen young people, including three women,
\nwere apprehended on Wednesday afternoon for allegedly consuming
\nshabu-shabu, an amphetamine-derivative, in a boarding house in
\nBaturaja subdistrict, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Police detective chief Col. Alex Bambang Riatmodjo
\nsaid eight were proven to have consumed the drug, while police
\nwere awaiting the results of urine tests for the other seven
\nyouths.<\/p>\n
The drug bust was launched after police received information
\nfrom a drug trafficker, identified as Wawan, who was arrested on
\nJl. Bukit Duri, South Jakarta, on Monday.<\/p>\n
\"Wawan said that a group of people often held a shabu-shabu
\nparty at the above-mentioned house,\" Alex said.<\/p>\n
He said that when the raid in the densely populated
\nsubdistrict took place at about 3 p.m., nobody resisted arrest.<\/p>\n
\"Most of the arrested people were still under the influence of
\nthe drug when we broke into the house.\"<\/p>\n
The three arrested women were identified as Heriyanti alias
\nMami, a resident of Jl. Bangka in Mampang, South Jakarta, Tasnia,
\n24, a resident of Jatiluhur in Bekasi and Rejeki Novianti, 24, a
\nresident of Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Also identified were Syarifudin, 35, an unemployed resident of
\nBaturaja; Hapsoro Suyitno, 26, also unemployed, of Kelapa Gading
\nin North Jakarta; Agam, 29, a resident of Jl. Kotabumi, Central
\nJakarta and Edwin alias Chandra, 26, a resident of Jl. Jatiluhur
\nin Bekasi.<\/p>\n
\"Four of the suspects are students at various universities,
\nincluding two in Australia,\" Alex said, referring to Heriyanti
\nand Ricky Hermawan, a resident of Jl. Pegaden in Bandung, West
\nJava.<\/p>\n
The two other detained students were Mario Leonit, 27, a third
\nyear student at the University of Moestopo and Powel Peranta
\nRomengan, a student at the University of Sahid.<\/p>\n
The rest of the group were identified as Jayusman, 31,
\nunemployed of Jl. Wijaya in South Jakarta; Arfani, 28, a resident
\nof Cempaka Putih in Central Jakarta; Budiman, 28, a resident of
\nKebon Kacang in Central Jakarta; Muh. Ramses Hutasuhut, 32, a
\nresident of Jl. Lidi in East Jakarta and Iran Sofyan, 23, a
\nresident of Jl. Kudus in Menteng, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Based on preliminary questioning, police said the boarding
\nhouse, belonging to Syarifudin, was often used as a place to
\nconsume shabu-shabu.<\/p>\n
Police also confiscated five grams of shabu-shabu and two
\ndevices used to inhale the substances.<\/p>\n
\"The quantity of the seized drugs was not much as they had
\nbeen consumed, but the evidence is enough to charge them,\" Alex
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Extortion<\/p>\n
A joint security team from Tanah Abang district arrested nine
\npeople on Wednesday night, four of whom were allegedly extorting
\nmoney from passersby and five others allegedly involved in
\ngambling activities in the area.<\/p>\n
No fatalities were reported during the raids and the nine men
\nwere detained at the Tanah Abang Police station in Central
\nJakarta for questioning.<\/p>\n
\"We launched the raids after receiving complaints from locals
\nregarding rampant extortion and gambling practices in the
\ndistrict,\" the head of Tanah Abang district Asri Ilyas told The
\nJakarta Post on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The team which carried out the arrests comprised 28 personnel
\nfrom the police, the military and local law and order officers.<\/p>\n
Team members patrolling the area allegedly saw a man holdup a
\npublic minivan and force the driver to give him money. The team
\nacted quickly to apprehend the man, dragging him to their
\nvehicle.<\/p>\n
They also arrested three other extortionists attempting to
\nflee the alleged scenes of their crimes.<\/p>\n
Asri Ilyas, also the leader of the security team, said the
\nsuspects did not resist arrest.<\/p>\n
Other team members raided a group of men gambling in front of
\nSurya movie theater on Jl. Jati Baru.<\/p>\n
The law enforcement personnel arrested five people, but scores
\nof others fled the scene.<\/p>\n
Roulette gambling instruments and hundreds of thousands of
\nrupiah left by the gamblers were seized.<\/p>\n
Asri Ilyas acknowledged that several raids had been conducted
\nin the area earlier, but said they had proved to be ineffective.<\/p>\n
\"The police were forced to release the suspects due to a lack
\nof evidence.\"<\/p>\n
The four alleged extorters were identified as Iman B. Hamin,
\nFadilah, Agus Sulaeman and Eddy Irawan, while the five gamblers
\nwere Sugianto, Tjoen Boen Lian, Darsono, Arifin and Yuri
\nAlparidji. All of them were Tanah Abang district residents.<\/p>\n
Tanah Abang Police precinct chief Capt. Suwito was not
\navailable for comment.(emfasa)<\/p>",
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