Drug dealers arrested in separate raids

Drug dealers arrested in separate raids

JAKARTA (JP): The city police busted five Ecstasy dealers and
traders of the popular amphetamine derivative shabu-shabu in
three separate raids late last week.

The latest raid, on Saturday, netted drug trafficker, Kislam,
30, at a building on Jl. Kramat Sentiong in Central Jakarta.

City police detectives chief Col. Gories Mere said Kislam, who
had been under police surveillance for months, was caught red-
handed with two grams of shabu-shabu.

Based on his information, police raided a house belonging to
his supplier on Jl. Pangeran Jayakarta, Mangga Dua Selatan
subdistrict. There officers found 2,400 Ecstasy pills, 17 grams
of dried marijuana and 27 grams of shabu-shabu.

The owner, Awi, alias Kumis, was not on the premises at the
time, Gories said.

The shabu-shabu seized from Kumis' home was a first class
type, popularly known as Blue Safire, which has a street price of
Rp 10 million (US$860) per gram, an officer said.

During interrogation, Kislam vowed that he never consumed any
of the drugs.

"I traded the drugs only because I needed the money for my
family," he told reporters.

On Friday evening, detectives captured three suspected
dealers, Eric, A Yong and Andre, at Stadium discotheque on Jl.
Hayam Wuruk in West Jakarta.

"The three were caught red-handed with a total of 120 Ecstasy
pills in their possession," the head of city police Narcotics
Detective Unit, Lt. Col. Abdullah, said.

Hours later, another alleged drug dealer, identified as Frans,
was arrested at a boarding house in Mangga Besar, Central
Jakarta. Fifty Ecstasy pills found in a drawer in his room.

According to Abdullah, police have suspected the four of being
Ecstasy dealers for quite some time.

"We will continue to run drugs operations to crack down on the
drug-dealing network," he added.

All the suspects were detained at the city police headquarters
pending further investigation. (edt)