Man arrested for drug trafficking

Man arrested for drug trafficking

JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested a man for allegedly selling
95 grams of the amphetamine-derivative shabu-shabu at Sunlight
Hotel, Jl. Danau Sunter, North Jakarta, an officer said on
Tuesday.

City police spokesman Lt. Col. Edward Aritonang said the
suspect, identified as Yanto, alias Aheng, was arrested at the
hotel on Monday night.

"We also confiscated the drug from Aheng, who did not resist
arrest," Aritonang said.

He said Aheng, a resident of Jl. Kartini, Central Jakarta, was
arrested when he tried to sell the drug to an undercover police
officer in one of the hotel's rooms at 11 p.m.

Police investigated the incident after receiving a tip-off
about the dealer's activities, he said.

Aritonang would not say what price Aheng quoted the officers
but the drug is worth millions of rupiah on the black market.

On Nov. 30, police arrested two other dealers in Central
Jakarta and confiscated 100 grams of shabu-shabu worth Rp 35
million (US$4,666) from them. (jun)