Sat, 04 Dec 1999

8.6 kgs of ganja seized in Brebes

SEMARANG: Local police raided a restaurant at Klampok village in Wanasari district, Brebes, on Friday, and confiscated 8.6 kilograms of dried ganja.

Central Java Police spokesman Lt. Col. M. Ramlie said the four alleged owners of the drug were arrested.

"We received information from locals about the place. The dried ganja was supposed to be distributed in the surrounding community."

The four men arrested were identified as Lukman, 24, Yusuf, 25, Muali Adi, 20, and Said Marzuki, 24. All hail from Jeumpa district in North Aceh.

Locals who heard the restaurant was used as a center for drug dealing later attacked and vandalized the establishment. (har/edt)