Three arrested in drug case<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Tanjung Priok Port Police arrested three people,
\nsuspected to be drug couriers, for being in possession of eight
\nkilograms of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine), a senior
\nofficer said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Chief of the port police Adj. Sr. Comr. Sigit Sudarmanto
\nidentified the suspects as Hardani, 31, from Batam; M. Andi
\nYusardes bin Mohammad Yunus, 28, from Pekanbaru; and Nur Afrizal,
\n39, from Tanjung Pinang, Riau.<\/p>\n
The three were passengers on the Sinabung ship which arrived
\nfrom Batam on Monday morning.<\/p>\n
The police confiscated, from the men, eight kilograms of
\nshabu-shabu in two travel bags. The drugs street value is
\nestimated to be about Rp 800 million (US$94,118).<\/p>\n
Sigit said the three suspects confessed during a preliminary
\nquestioning that they were paid Rp 300,000 each by a man,
\nidentified only as Ijat, to deliver the package to a man in
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
The three were also given the ship fare and promised Rp 1.5
\nmillion each if the shabu-shabu reached this man.<\/p>\n
\"They were told that the man would meet them at the port. We
\nhave identified the man. We hope he can help us in the
\ninvestigation,\" Sigit said. (emf)<\/p>",
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