Bali drug dealer arrested

DENPASAR, Bali: A police operation on Tuesday afternoon netted a suspected drug dealer identified as Ketut Suarta, in possession of 19 grams of shabu-shabu, or crystal methampetamine.

Chief of the Bali Police's Narcotics Unit First Insp. Rudi Purwiyanto said that the 40-year-old Ketut had been on the police's wanted list for some time.

"We hadn't apprehended him due to a lack of evidence, but now we have enough to prove that he is a dealer and not only a user," he said.

Undercover detectives arrested Ketut while entering a house he owns on Jl. Puputan II in the quiet Renon area, which is believed to be used by him to meet his buyers.

Ketut also owns another house in Plawa where he usually resides.

Police found three packages, each containing five grams of shabu-shabu, in Ketut's clothing, and other five small packages, weighing a total of four grams of the drug, stashed inside a biscuit tin at the house.(zen)