Barbiturate haul in Manado

MANADO, North Sulawesi: North Sulawesi Police seized about 8,200 nipam pills, a form of barbiturate, in Tuminting, Manado, Antara reported.

North Sulawesi Police chief Col. Marsono said on Wednesday the pills were found in the house of a woman, identified as NP, on Monday.

"We received information after the police raided the place of JP, an alleged drug dealer in Bitung town last November ... that a huge amount of drugs was stored in NP's house," Marsono said.

JP was arrested when he was about to conduct a drug transaction. Police caught him with about 1,000 nipam pills in a raid on discotheque in Bitung.

"We hope the public will provide us with more information because the incidence of drug dealings is mushrooming," he added. (edt)