Bali police nabs drug suspects

Bali police nabs drug suspects

DENPASAR, Bali: Narcotics detectives arrested five drug
suspects and seized 18.2 grams of heroin valued at about Rp 12.7
million (US$1,411) in a series of raids in the resort areas of
Kuta and Jimbaran.

Police identified the suspects as Daniel Siagian, 34, Hery
Agus Sugiono, 33, Sundoro M. Prapanco Putro, 33, Yudha Blondi,
39, and Nasrul MS, 39. All of the suspects were arrested on
Saturday and Sunday.

The chief of the Bali Police's narcotics division, Sr. Comr.
Bambang Sugiarto, said on Monday the first arrests were made on
Saturday evening when plainclothes officers stormed a house in
Kuta's popular Poppies Lane II area rented by Hery and Daniel.

Officers seized three small packages of heroin stashed inside
a hollowed out broom handle.

Officers then raided a house in the Taman Mulia housing
complex in Jimbaran, where they arrested Sundoro. The suspect
tried to swallow a packet of heroin and jumped into a small river
that runs behind the house, but police were able to put the
suspect into custody.

The other suspects were arrested in additional raids on
Saturday and Sunday. -- JP