Police arrest Singaporean

Police arrest Singaporean

JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested a Singaporean man for
allegedly possessing more than 2,000 Ecstasy pills at a hotel in
West Jakarta.

City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said, yesterday,
that Lo Gin Ang, 38, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon in the
lobby of the Dusit Hotel, Mangga Dua, West Jakarta.

"Lo was believed to have planned a transaction at the hotel
with another party, who is still unknown. The transaction never
took place before the officers picked him up from the hotel,"
Aritonang said.

Police also confiscated documents bearing the names of several
people assumed to be accomplices in the planned transaction, he
said.

"A cellular phone was also seized from Lo. The evidence would
be very important for officers in tracing other parties involved
in the illicit business," he said.

Aritonang said police were still examining the 2,450 Ecstasy
pills of various types confiscated from Lo. In Jakarta, an
Ecstasy pill costs around Rp 30,000 (US$12.50) each.

Lo said he wanted to speak up after he got a lawyer to
represent him, Aritonang said. (cst)