Drug trafficker arrested

JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta Police detectives arrested a man on Wednesday night for alleged trafficking of crystal methampethamine (shabu-shabu).

The police's chief of detectives Comr. Angesta Romano Yoyol said on Thursday that the suspect, identified as Tata Aminata, 42, was apprehended in a Tanah Tinggi low-cost apartment in possession of 7 grams of shabu-shabu.

Yoyol said Tata was suspected to have been operating out of the apartment for some time before the raid.

The arrest was made following a deal between the suspect and an undercover police officer. A subsequent search of Tata uncovered the drugs. (01)