Police seize 1 kg marijuana

Police seize 1 kg marijuana

DENPASAR, Bali: The Denpasar Police narcotics unit made
another big catch on Monday afternoon, when its officers arrested
an alleged drug dealer and seized at least one kilogram of
marijuana from him.

The man, identified as Rudy Setiawan, alias Candra Kirana of
Medan, North Sumatra, was arrested as he received the marijuana,
which was sent in a package by post from Medan. The marijuana was
found among salted fish and clothing.

It was the second arrest of a North Sumatra resident in
connection with drug trafficking in less than a month. Earlier
this month, police here arrested Alphones Simbolon and
confiscated 2.2 kilograms of heroin from the Asahan native. Last
week, anti-drug officers arrested three foreigners for their
alleged involvement in a drug syndicate.

Denpasar Police detectives chief Comr. Budi Wasono said the
arrest of Rudy followed a tip-off from the National Police
Headquarters in Jakarta.

A group of plainclothes officers were dispatched to Ngurah Rai
Airport to check all packages coming from Medan. Posing as cargo
workers, they delivered the package addressed to a house on Jl.
Tangkuban Perahu. Rudy confessed the marijuana belonged to him.
-- JP