Drug dealer nabbed in raid

DENPASAR, Bali: Police in Badung, some 15 kilometers south of here, arrested an alleged drug dealer, Fakhrudin, and his female partner, Mery Maryani, during a raid on his rented house on Wednesday afternoon in the renowned coastal tourist resort of Kuta.

Badung Police chief of detectives Snr. Insp. Husein Abubakar said police found 10 grams of heroin wrapped in 30 ready-to-sell packs in the house.

Husein said the raid was conducted following a tip-off about Fakhrudin's activities by some residents in the housing complex . Several undercover police watched the house for a couple of days before the bust.

Fakhrudin and Mery were found filling small packs with heroin when police broke in. (zen)