Police arrest foreigner, seven locals in drug raid
Police arrest foreigner, seven locals in drug raid
JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested a Nigerian for drug possession
in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, along with seven local residents
during a four-day drug crackdown, an official said on Saturday.
Chief of Jakarta Police detectives Col. Alex Bambang Riatmodjo
said the foreigner, who he identified as Godfrey, 31, was
arrested at his rented house on Jl. Tanah Abang I on Thursday for
alleged possession of 20 grams of heroin.
"He told the police that he bought the drug for Rp 2.2 million
from an Indian in a fast food restaurant on Jl. Thamrin," Alex
said. He said Godfrey denied he was a drug dealer.
Nigerian Ambassador Mohammed Fuadi told The Jakarta Post that
he could yet confirm whether Godfrey was a Nigerian as the
embassy was closed on Saturday.
"My staff will only be in on Tuesday. But we'll send our staff
to verify Godfrey's identity at the Jakarta Police Headquarters,"
Fuadi said.
On Friday, the police also nabbed a 32-year-old housewife,
identified as Hadijah, at her house in Tanah Abang for alleged
heroin dealing. The police also seized 13 grams of heroin which
was hidden in a drawer.
The other suspects are Gaston Iksan, Rachmat and Andy Rinaldi
who were arrested separately during police operations on Saturday
in two rooms at a hotel in Central Jakarta.
"We confiscated 370 grams of shabu-shabu (crystal
methamphetamine) from Gaston, a package of dried marijuana leaves
from Rachmat and two packages of heroin from Rinaldi," Alex said.
He added that Gaston and Rachmat were arrested in the same
room and Rinaldi in another room.
Alex said officers arrested three jobless people in two
separate raids on Wednesday.
David Martinus, 19, and Rachmat Buchari, 21, were arrested
while using heroin in a house on Jl. Garuda Raya, Kemayoran
district, in Central Jakarta.
"David told us that he worked as an ojek (motorcycle taxi)
driver and collected money with his friends to buy heroin which
they consumed together," Alex said.
The police seized a package of heroin from another suspect,
Herlambang, 26, an alleged drug trafficker who was nabbed on Jl.
Semangka in West Jakarta on Wednesday. Herlambang sold each
package of heroin for Rp 260,000. (06)