Pakistani held over heroin

Pakistani held over heroin

JAKARTA (JP): Undercover police officers have apprehended a
45-year-old Pakistani for possessing 70 grams of heroin at the
immigration department's quarantine center on Jl. Peta Selatan,
Kalideres, in West Jakarta.

City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said yesterday the
suspect, retired soldier M. Khalid Mahmood, was busted Sunday at
the center, where he had been detained for having incomplete
documents to enter Indonesia.

"The suspect was trapped in a fake transaction with the
undercover police," Aritonang said.

Officers are now questioning him at City Police Headquarters
to learn the names of other suspects in the case.

"Police still have to reveal who his fellow syndicate members
are and where they are now because the Pakistani refused to give
details," he said.

During interrogation, Mahmood reportedly admitted that the
confiscated heroin was not his but belonged to a Pakistani
friend, identified as Habib.

Meanwhile, a source at the city police detective office said
that an employee of a state institution was allegedly involved in
the case. (04)