36 drug suspects nabbed in operation

36 drug suspects nabbed in operation

TANGERANG: Tangerang Police have arrested 36 suspected drug
users and traffickers during a month-long operation from Aug. 10
to Sept. 12 in both Tangerang regency and Tangerang municipality.

"They will be charged under Law No. 22/1997 on drugs and Law
No. 5/1995 on psychotropic substances," Tangerang Police
narcotics division chief Comr. Suparno said on Monday.

During the operation, the police seized 1.3 kilograms of
heroin, 5.1 grams of shabu-shabu (crystal metamphetamine), 100
grams of marijuana and 237 lexotan pills.

Suparno said 25 suspects were arrested for using and
possessing marijuana while 11 others were detained for drug
trafficking.

"We received tip offs from people in the community. Then we
sent undercover police to pose as potential buyers during
transactions with the suspects on the streets and at their
homes," he said.

He added that some suspects were arrested when the police held
raids on the streets in which drugs hidden in the suspects'
clothes and vehicles. -- JP