Drug dealer shot dead

Drug dealer shot dead

JAKARTA: A man was shot to death by the police early on Friday
morning for allegedly selling low grade heroine on Jl. Baturaja,
Kebon Melati subdistrict, Central Jakarta.

The man, identified as 33-year-old Zenith Nur, was a target of
the police as a known criminal. His body was sent to the Cipto
Mangunkusumo Central Hospital morgue in Central Jakarta.

The police shot Zenith after he refused to surrender during an
attempt to arrest the resident of Cipinang Besar subdistrict in
East Jakarta.

Some 100 packages of low grade heroine were found in his blue
hat, according to First Insp. Ary Satrian, the chief of Tanah
Abang police subprecinct. -- JP