Foreigners busted with heroin

JAKARTA (JP): City detectives arrested a Ghanaian and a Nigerian over the weekend for allegedly trafficking about 200 grams of heroin at a Central Jakarta hotel.

Police said the two men, Lorenzo Patteron and Prince Felix Okoro, were arrested during a transaction worth over Rp 6 million (US$2,051) with an undercover detective.

The police received information on both men's drug activities before the early morning raid at the Banyuwangi hotel on Jl. Samanhudi.

It was unclear whether they got the drugs from local or foreigner suppliers, or smuggled the drugs into Indonesia themselves.

Police were still questioning them at City Police Headquarters.

Police said they could be members of an international drug syndicate.

Lorenzo and Prince, both 32 years old, were renting a room in Pasar Baru, Central Jakarta.

They had been here for more than two weeks on short stay visas. (cst)