Liberian caught with heroin

JAKARTA (JP): Acting on a tip-off from arrested drug dealers, city narcotics detectives apprehended a Liberian and his local partner at separate locations on Saturday for allegedly possessing a total of 125 grams of heroin.

Head of the unit, Lt. Col. Abdullah HS, said over the weekend that Liberian Bernard King, alias Benny, was arrested at his rented house on Jl. Dharmawangsa, South Jakarta, at 12:30 p.m.

Police found 25 grams of heroin packed in three birthday cards in his room, Abdullah said.

About three hours later, the officers rushed to the Mega hotel on Jl. Proklamasi, Central Jakarta, where they arrested Bobby Chandra and seized 100 grams of heroin packed in a small plastic bag.

The drug has a street value of Rp 300,000 (US$36) per gram.

Both suspects said that they got the heroin from Antony King, Benny's elder brother.

Antony is still at large, Abdullah said.

Saturday's arrests were made thanks to the tip-off from four men, who were captured in different occasions over the past two weeks for similar offenses. (01)