Police arrest 3 drug dealers

PALU, Central Sulawesi: Donggala Police apprehended three men suspected of drug trafficking in Tatura, East Palu, Central Sulawesi early Saturday.

Local police chief Lt. Col. Adrizal Adnan identified the three as SP, a 60-year-old retired civil servant, and his two sons, FP, 35, and RP, 32.

They were arrested at their home shortly after midnight.

Police said they confiscated an envelope and a small bottle containing cocaine and two cigarettes suspected of containing cocaine, Antara reported.

In East Java, provincial police recently detained a man they identified as SM, 35, for allegedly possessing 2.75 kilograms of cocaine while traveling on KM Umsini sailing the Jakarta to Palu route. (swe)