Police seize 200 kgs of marijuana

Police seize 200 kgs of marijuana

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Medan City Police arrested an alleged drug trafficker, identified only as Wanna, 42, and seized 200 kilograms of marijuana from the suspect, a report said.

Medan City Police chief of detectives Adj. Comr. Maruli Siahaan said the police managed to arrest Wanna and seize the marijuana on Tuesday following a tipoff from the suspect's son, identified by his initials IRH, a second-year student at the state elementary school SDN 2 on Jl. Denai in Medan.

"Officers from the Percut Sei Tuan police station initially received information that IRH had taken a package of material, which smelt like marijuana, to school. The material later proved to be marijuana," Siahaan said.

"When questioned about the origin of the 'material', IRH said that his father had kept many packages of it at his home on Jl. Tuba I, Tegalsari subdistrict."

The officers then moved to Wanna's residence, where they caught him in the act putting the marijuana into plastic packages, the officer added. --JP