Barbiturate haul in Manado

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)