High school graduates nabbed for selling heroin
High school graduates nabbed for selling heroin
JAKARTA (JP): Two fresh high school graduates were arrested
for illegally possessing and selling heroin to schoolmates,
police said.
City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said yesterday two
male students, identified as Y and H, were arrested Thursday
night near their school on Jl. Panglima Polim, South Jakarta.
"The arrest was based on a report by a former classmate of the
students'," Aritonang said.
Classmate Mes, who failed his final examinations, reported Y
and H for their alleged drug-dealing at school.
Mes' father told journalists his son had reported Y and H to
the police because he envied Y and H for passing their exams.
"My son is smart and worked hard at school, while his two
friends often skipped classes. Not to mention their drug dealing
activities," Mes' father said.
Police then set up a transaction with the two students by
using Mes as a bait.
Y and H were arrested while giving Mes 0.5 grams of heroin he
had bought with Rp 125,000 (US$51) provided by police.
Police
Police were still tracing other people involved in drug-
dealing at the school.
Aritonang said police also arrested a female drug pusher over
the weekend for illegally possessing and dealing in Ecstasy.
Aritonang said police had been looking for Monica, 21, for her
involvement in a separate drug-dealing case.
Monica was arrested early Saturday at the Domino discotheque
on Jl. Batu Tulis, West Jakarta. Twenty-one Ecstasy pills and Rp
500,000 were confiscated from her.
Four other people were arrested for possessing putauw (a
heroin substitute) and cocaine, Ecstasy pills and marijuana
cigarettes. The drugs were confiscated during police raids on
four entertainment spots in South Jakarta, early Saturday.
Aritonang said three people, identified as Al, 28, Ah, 29, and
Ya, 27, were arrested at the Poster cafe on Jl. Gatot Subroto,
South Jakarta, for possessing Ecstasy pills and marijuana.
The other person, identified as MJ, 24, was arrested at the
Asmat cafe also on Jl. Gatot Subroto. Police seized three Ecstasy
pills from MJ who was an employee at the cafe.
At the Ebony discotheque on Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, South
Jakarta, police seized 36 small packs of putauw hidden in the
toilet, two small packs of cocaine, Ecstasy pills and 10
marijuana cigarettes scattered on the floor.
Nine Ecstasy pills were seized during the raid on the B1
discotheque also on Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said. (cst)