C. Java police uncover drug ring

C. Java police uncover drug ring

SEMARANG: Police said here on Friday that they had uncovered a
drug trafficking network in Central Java province, following the
recent arrest of two suspected drug dealers.

The two suspects were identified as Yacub, 23 and Purnomo Adi
alias Alex, 25, both residents of Surakarta municipality, said
chief of the Central Java police's drug investigation unit Adj.
Sr. Comr. Jarot Subroto.

He said that the suspects had confessed to working for Tjik
Yang, widely known by local residents as a powerful casino owner.

Yacub, who has long been wanted by the police, was captured on
Jl. Tendean in Semarang, while Alex was apprehended shortly after
Yacub, Jarot added. --Antara