Four alleged pushers arrested

Four alleged pushers arrested

JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives have apprehended three
more alleged drug traffickers in separate raids, following the
arrest of a suspected drug trafficker at a hotel on Jl. Pramuka
in Central Jakarta on Friday.

Newly appointed city police chief of detectives Sr. Comr.
Adang Rohjana said on Saturday the suspects arrested were
30-year-old Tommy, a resident of Jl. Janur Kuning II in Kelapa
Gading, North Jakarta, 32-year-old Edi Wijaya, a resident of West
Palmerah subdistrict in West Jakarta, Iwung and 46-year-old
Hendri Winata, residents of North Palmerah subdistrict.

Adang said that upon receiving a tip-off from the public, the
city police then sent plainclothes officers to buy drugs from
Tommy in room 325 of the hotel on Jl. Pramuka.

"During the transaction, the suspect was caught red-handed in
possession of 40 grams of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine),
40 ecstasy pills in the hotel room," Adang said on Saturday.

He said the police managed to arrest three other suspects
based on a statement given by Tommy during questioning.

Police also reportedly seized a packet of shabu-shabu, four
reefers and a handmade .22 caliber Colt pistol from Iwung, which
he allegedly offered for sale at Rp 1 million to an plainclothes
officer, while from Edi Wijaya police allegedly seized 9.3 grams
of shabu-shabu and 22.6 grams of shabu-shabu from Hendri Winata.

"Iwung testified to police that he had obtained the gun, the
shabu-shabu and the reefers from friends at the hotel," Adang
said. (01)