Man arrested for selling gun

Man arrested for selling gun

JAKARTA (JP): Pancoran police in South Jakarta arrested a man
attempting to sell a gun in a housing complex on Friday night.

Chief of the subprecinct, Asst. Supt. IGN. Susanto, said on
Saturday that Mimin Ardianto, 22, was just about to sell the gun
to a man set up by police.

"Then our undercover officer gave some money to the man, who
promised him that he could find a gun," Susanto said, adding that
the man then contacted Mimin to meet at the Kalibata Indah
housing complex at about midnight.

When the two were just about to make the deal, several police
officers appeared and arrested the two, Susanto said.

Police confiscated a .22 caliber revolver along with three
bullets from Mimin.

Susanto said that police were still investigating where Mimin
got the gun and any possibility that Mimin had carried out other
gun transactions.

"Mimin is only paid to guard a clinic on Jl. Jambu Blok P No.
7 at the complex run by a doctor, who lives in Bekasi," Susanto
said, adding that police had yet to find out if the gun belonged
to the doctor. (jaw)