Police seize 1 kg of 'shabu-shabu'

JAKARTA (JP): Police seized over one kilogram of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine) worth Rp 240 million (US$21,000), and about 1,100 ecstasy pills from three suspects in two separate raids conducted on Thursday.

The first raid was in the parking lot of the Cleopatra discotheque in Sunter, North Jakarta, where two people, Budi Wijaya, 41, and Petrus Apollo, 28, were apprehended for possessing 200 grams of shabu-shabu, North Jakarta Police chief of detectives Sr. Comr. Andi Chaeruddin said.

The suspects said they received the drugs from Mocha Achyar, alias Lolo, 39, which led police to search Lolo's residence on Jl. Pegangsaan Barat in Cikini, Central Jakarta.

Lolo was arrested at 9 p.m. on Thursday, and 945 grams of shabu-shabu, and over 1,100 ecstasy pills were confiscated from the suspect's home. (ylt)