Five arrested for drug trafficking

Five arrested for drug trafficking

JAKARTA (JP): City police arrested on Wednesday five suspected
drug traffickers in three boarding houses located in Central and
North Jakarta.

The five suspects were identified as Hardjono Djawoto, alias
Akiong, 33; Bernard Panama Lucas, 22; David Panama, 29; Hairul,
alias Adra, 32; and Kasiyanto, alias Yanto, 29.

In a statement made available to the press, the chief of the
city police detectives, Col. Alex Bambang Riatmodjo, said
detectives arrested Akiong in his boarding house on Jl. Ampera in
Pademangan, North Jakarta.

The detectives seized four grams of shabu-shabu (crystal
methamphetamine) from the suspect.

Earlier at 10:00 a.m., the same team of city police detectives
apprehended Kasiyanto in his boarding house on Jl. Matraman Dalam
in Menteng, Central Jakarta.

The officers, led by Lt. Col. Abdullah HS, seized from the
suspect 30 packets of marijuana with a total weight of one ounce.

An hour later, Bernard, David and Hairul were arrested by a
separate team of detectives at a boarding house on Jl. Lautse in
Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta.

The detectives seized five packages of shabu-shabu with a
total weight of 26 grams, 11 ecstasy pills, drug paraphernalia
used to smoke shabu-shabu and one needle from the suspects.

The five suspects are being held at the city police detention
center. (asa/ylt)