Police nab drug trafficker in Bogor

BOGOR: Police arrested a drug dealer on Sunday in front of Bogor Botanical Gardens on Jl. Oto Iskandar Dinata and confiscated from him 20 grams of methamphetamine, 20 ecstasy pills, two sheets of aluminum foil and an electronic set of scales.

Bogor Police precinct chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Bambang Sugeng said that the suspect, Rusdy Saeful Amri, 31, was a resident of Villa Bogor Indah in northern Bogor.

He said that after carrying out an investigation, the police concluded the suspect had regularly sold methamphetamine and ecstasy pills.

"We kept an eye on his house and found that it had been frequented by youngsters wanting to buy drugs," he said, adding that the suspect had been trafficking drugs for about a year.

The suspect admitted that he got the drugs from Heri Ucong, who lived in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta. He usually bought 20 grams of methamphetamine at a price of Rp 250,000 per gram and sold it at Rp 350,000 per gram.--JP