45 foreigners arrested for drugs

Fri, 20 Dec 2002, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: Police revealed on Thursday they had arrested and
detained 45 foreigners suspected of trafficking drugs, mostly
heroin, to Jakarta.

The foreigners were mostly from Nigeria, Zimbabwe and other
African nations, and some were from Iran, Sr. Comr. Andi
Chaerudin said. In total, Andi said, police managed to seize
around 12 kilograms of heroin from the alleged drug traffickers.
He did not mention finding any other type of drug.

On Thursday, 5.2 kilograms of the heroin, worth Rp 2.6
billion, was destroyed. Andi said the heroin was seized from
three suspects: Kholisan Nkomo of Zimbabwe, and Michael Titu
Igweh and Hilary K. Chimezie, both from Nigeria. The three were
arrested at Villa Melati Mas, Serpong, in late August. --JP

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