Police search for marijuana salesman

Police search for marijuana salesman

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Jeneponto police are searching for
Is, 32, a vegetable vendor at Pasar Terong, who allegedly has
been selling marijuana plants.

The case surfaced after residents of Jeneponto regency,
some 200 kilometers north of here, found on Saturday a half
hectare at Sunggumanai hill planted with some 165 marijuana
plants.

The landowner, identified only as Muh, 35, who is still in
police custody, pleaded innocent, saying that he thought the
plants were teak when he bought them from Is.

According to Jeneponto Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Tigor H.
Situmorang, police also found at the hill a place to cultivate
the plants.

"The plants were burned by residents on Tuesday," Tigor said
on Wednesday, adding that police have yet to determine whether
the case involves a large network or not. (27/hdn)