Man caught for drug deliveries

Man caught for drug deliveries

DENPASAR, Bali: Police have arrested a former property broker
and his four couriers for allegedly selling drugs with door-to-
door delivery to customers, an officer said on Monday.

Police identified the suspect as Effendy alias Chiang Jin
Peng, who hails from Ujungpandang, South Sulawesi.

"This is a very interesting case, a first for us here. This
man had four employees, provided with motorcycles and specially
trained to be delivery boys. You only had to telephone him and
the drugs would be sent directly to you," chief of Bali Police
detectives Col. Bambang Hendarso said.

Police also confiscated 38.7 grams of shabu-shabu (crystal
methamphetamine) from Effendy.

Preliminary questioning found the suspect paid the couriers a
commission of between Rp 9,000 and Rp 10,000 (US$1.40) for each
one gram of drugs delivered.

Police also disclosed that they seized more than 3.4 kilograms
of drugs and arrested 28 alleged drug users and dealers in the
first nine months of the year.

"It seems that shabu-shabu is still the favorite drug here,"
Bambang said. (50/emf)