Police nab five for drug possession
Police nab five for drug possession
Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta
Police arrested two Malaysians and three Indonesians for drug
possession on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning
respectively.
The two Malaysians -- identified as Lee Soon Wei alias Nelson
Lee, 36, and Ong Siew Mei, 37 -- were detained by the Jakarta
Police for possession of 4.1 grams of shabu-shabu (crystal
methamphetamine) at Apartment Puri Casablanca in Manggarai, South
Jakarta.
The police raided Ong's apartment on the 21st floor on
Wednesday night when a party was in full swing. The raid was made
on the basis of a tipoff from neighbors, who had complained about
frequent parties in the apartment. Shabu-shabu and two inhalers
were confiscated from the suspects.
"We have sent a letter to the Malaysian Embassy, advising that
we have detained two of their citizens," newly installed city
police spokesman Sr. Comr. Tjiptono announced on Thursday.
Lee, who claims he lives on Jl. KH Mas Mansyur, Central
Jakarta, told the police that he was a consultant at a private
company, while Ong said he was an accountant at a different
company.
They are both being detained at the Jakarta Police lockup.
Separately, on Thursday at around 2 a.m., two police officers
patrolling in Slipi, Central Jakarta, arrested three men --
Mahlia, Hardi and Heriyanto -- for transporting 40 kilograms of
marijuana.
Chief Brig. Tanta and Second Brig. Frans Pasaribu initially
stopped their box truck on the toll road near the Slipi
interchange because it was speeding and its ignition lights were
off.
The officers stopped the truck and asked to see the driver's
license and vehicle ownership documents. They became suspicious
when one of the passengers, later identified as Nazaruddin, ran
from the truck when he saw the police.
The policemen searched the truck and found 40 plastic bags of
marijuana, with each bag containing a kilogram of the drug.
The officers seized the marijuana and took the three suspects
to West Jakarta Police station.