Jambi drug dealer arrested

JAMBI, Jambi: Police here have arrested an alleged drug dealer whom they suspect of being a member of a network selling drugs in major cities in Indonesia.

Jambi Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Bambang Sudarisman said on Monday that Ali Haryono, 52, was arrested in his hotel room in the city last Sunday.

Police found in his possession 54 ecstasy pills and three grams of shabu shabu or crystal metamphetamine.

"We'll keep questioning him, because so far he has not told us where he obtained the drugs," Bambang said.

He said that Ali was likely a professional drug dealer, noting that he had appeared calm throughout the arrest.

Suspecting that Ali might be part of a network operating in major cities, he said the police would check whether his name would turned out in other past police drug operations. -- Antara