Police nab five for drug possession<\/p>\n
Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
Police arrested two Malaysians and three Indonesians for drug
\npossession on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning
\nrespectively.<\/p>\n
The two Malaysians -- identified as Lee Soon Wei alias Nelson
\nLee, 36, and Ong Siew Mei, 37 -- were detained by the Jakarta
\nPolice for possession of 4.1 grams of shabu-shabu (crystal
\nmethamphetamine) at Apartment Puri Casablanca in Manggarai, South
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
The police raided Ong's apartment on the 21st floor on
\nWednesday night when a party was in full swing. The raid was made
\non the basis of a tipoff from neighbors, who had complained about
\nfrequent parties in the apartment. Shabu-shabu and two inhalers
\nwere confiscated from the suspects.<\/p>\n
\"We have sent a letter to the Malaysian Embassy, advising that
\nwe have detained two of their citizens,\" newly installed city
\npolice spokesman Sr. Comr. Tjiptono announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Lee, who claims he lives on Jl. KH Mas Mansyur, Central
\nJakarta, told the police that he was a consultant at a private
\ncompany, while Ong said he was an accountant at a different
\ncompany.<\/p>\n
They are both being detained at the Jakarta Police lockup.<\/p>\n
Separately, on Thursday at around 2 a.m., two police officers
\npatrolling in Slipi, Central Jakarta, arrested three men --
\nMahlia, Hardi and Heriyanto -- for transporting 40 kilograms of
\nmarijuana.<\/p>\n
Chief Brig. Tanta and Second Brig. Frans Pasaribu initially
\nstopped their box truck on the toll road near the Slipi
\ninterchange because it was speeding and its ignition lights were
\noff.<\/p>\n
The officers stopped the truck and asked to see the driver's
\nlicense and vehicle ownership documents. They became suspicious
\nwhen one of the passengers, later identified as Nazaruddin, ran
\nfrom the truck when he saw the police.<\/p>\n
The policemen searched the truck and found 40 plastic bags of
\nmarijuana, with each bag containing a kilogram of the drug.<\/p>\n
The officers seized the marijuana and took the three suspects
\nto West Jakarta Police station.<\/p>",
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