Drug dealer shot in Bogor

BOGOR (JP): Local police shot an alleged drug dealer in his right leg after the man, identified as Mayer Gultom, 27, tried to escape a drug bust at his house in a small alley of Gg. Kutilang II in Gunung Batu, an officer said on Monday.

According to outgoing Bogor Regional Police chief, Col. Hari Setyabudhi, a total of half a kilogram of ganja was seized as evidence.

"During questioning, the suspect admitted to having distributed marijuana here for the past two years. He sold it to rich residents in Bogor," Hari said.

Besides Gultom, police separately detained two other drug dealers, identified as Ade Saefudin, 27, who was arrested in Gunung Batu, and Yosri Rozali, 30, who was nabbed in Cibuluh, North Bogor.

From both men, police confiscated two ganja plants, which were each one-meter high, and three ounces of dried marijuana.

"Both Ade and Yosri also admitted to having sold marijuana here for the past couple of years," Hari said. (24/edt)