Drug trafficker shot dead

Drug trafficker shot dead

JAKARTA (JP): A drug trafficker was shot dead for resisting an
arrest, while another suspect was rushed to Kramat Jati Police
Hospital for swallowing a packet of low-grade heroin in two
separate raids on Thursday evening.

Pulogadung Subprecinct Police identified the dead suspect as
27-year-old Nasir, alias Iqbal, who was caught red-handed in
possession of 7 grams of low-grade heroin, 55 reefers, and Rp 2.7
million in cash allegedly from drug trafficking. Nasir was caught
in an abandoned temporary cabin at a construction project on Jl.
Pemuda, Rawamangun, East Jakarta.

The police's chief of intelligence detectives First. Insp.
Bambang said on Friday that his personnel had been tracking down
Nasir for a month prior to receiving reports from the local
community.

"As police arrived at the cabin, the suspect pulled out a
machete and tried to attack one of the officers," Bambang said.

Nasir died on the scene of the incident from gunshot wounds to
his chest and head.

Bambang said the police were looking for Nasir's accomplice
identified only as F.

Another alleged drug trafficker identified as 28-year-old Ali
swallowed a pack of low-grade heroin in a bid to omit evidence
when East Jakarta Police raided his home on Jl. Dermaga in Duren
Sawit. (01)