Police nab two men in major drug bust
Police nab two men in major drug bust
Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The Jakarta Police announced on Thursday they had seized 55
kilograms of crystal methamphetamine (shabu-shabu) and 70,000
ecstasy pills from two suspected members of an international drug
syndicate.
City police spokesman Sr. Comr. Tjiptono said a joint
operation by the city police, the National Narcotics Agency and
the city administration led to the arrests on Tuesday of two
suspects. The first suspect, identified as Akwan, 41, alias Tjik
Kwang, alias Ricky Chandra, was arrested in the Green Garden
housing complex in West Jakarta, while Hariono Agus Tjahyono, 51,
alias Seng Hwat, was detained in Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta.
"We have been watching them since April after receiving
reports from residents. Aside from the drugs, we also seized six
luxury cars and Rp 1 billion in cash. We believe all of the drugs
that were seized were smuggled in from Hong Kong," he said.
He said that using information obtained from the suspects
during questioning, the police were now looking for a main
supplier, identified as Pieter, and four traffickers identified
only as AR, AW, ER and HR.
"We have put them on our wanted list and we are concentrating
on finding them. We believe we have the chance to break up a
large syndicate," he said.
Tjiptono said the two suspects were being detained at Jakarta
Police Headquarters for further questioning.
In a separate operation, police said on Wednesday they had
arrested four suspected drug dealers and seized 8,500 ecstasy
pills and 100 grams of shabu-shabu in three separate locations in
Jakarta.
Two of the suspects, Ray Angela, 27, alias Sherly, and
Purwanto Nugroho, 31, alias Kiki, were apprehended in Sunter
Hijau, North Jakarta. Another suspect, identified as Lie Jie Tek,
44, was arrested in Gunung Sahari, Central Jakarta.
Two weeks ago, about 90 suspected drug dealers were arrested
in several locations in East Jakarta, while officers arrested
four suspected members of a drug syndicate and seized 176
kilograms of marijuana last week.