Four arrested for selling drugs

Four arrested for selling drugs

JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested yesterday three men and a woman
and seized 13,500 barbiturate pills from the suspects in a rented
house on Jl. Kebon Pala, Tanah Abang district, in Central
Jakarta.

Tanah Abang Police Chief Maj. Zulkarnain said the drug sellers
were Komarudin, 56, Regi, 29, Musa, 37, and a woman identified as
EN, 50.

"Police have spied on the suspects who operated at Tanah Abang
market for almost a week," Zulkarnain said.

He said police also grabbed Rp 1 million (US$425.53) from the
suspects.

He said they bought the pills which were in Nipam, Rohipnol
and Mogadon, from a big drug dealer in the Senen market area, in
Central Jakarta.

Police were trying to catch the dealer, he said. "We hope we
catch him soon."

The suspects admitted selling ten pills for Rp 2,000, he said.

He said police would crackdown on drug dealers in the Senen
market area which is known for its mobile drug sellers. (jun)