Drug suspect shot dead by police

Drug suspect shot dead by police

JAKARTA: Police shot dead a suspected drug dealer on Monday
morning following his arrest at an apartment in Puri Kembangan,
West Jakarta, a police officer said on Monday.

"The suspect, Erwin Rusli, 43, was shot dead after he tried to
escape when police asked him to reveal his colleagues' hiding
places," City police detective chief Sr. Comr. Adang Rochjana
told a media briefing.

From Erwin's residence, police confiscated 550 grams of raw
material for the manufacture of "ecstasy" pills, two rolls of
aluminum foil, and two inhaling devices, Adang said.

Adang said Erwin had been the target in the police operation,
recalling that he had been arrested twice previously for drug
possession on Oct. 3, 1998 and July 10, 1999 respectively. --JP