Police seize 6.5kg of Acehnese ganja

Police seize 6.5kg of Acehnese ganja

JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta Police detectives confiscated
6.5 kilograms of Acehnese marijuana worth about Rp 13 million
(US$1,625) from a man on Thursday.

Central Jakarta Police chief of detectives Maj. Budiono Sandi
said that aside from the suspect, Syarifuddin Amin, 34, the
police also arrested two others in connection with the one-day
raid.

The other arrested men were identified as Muhamad Saiful, 26,
and M. Aldi alias Djoni, 32.

"We received the information from residents of Jl. Matraman
Dalam I last month that Syarifuddin, who lives on the same
street, was a drug dealer," Budiono said at the station.

"At about 8 a.m. on Thursday, police broke into his house and
found the 6.5 kilos of ganja in a plastic bag, along with a
scale.

"Syarifuddin told us he got the drugs from Muhamad Saiful, who
lives in Palmeriam, East Jakarta. We caught Saiful loitering in
the Pramuka Market in East Jakarta. He confessed everything,
saying that he got the drugs from his neighbor, Djoni."

Budiono said that when police raided Djoni's home, Djoni
claimed he obtained the drugs from Ismail, a fellow student at
Abulyatama University in Aceh.

In another drug-related case, South Jakarta Police detectives
detained T. Syafi'i Em Aziz on Thursday morning in Mangga Besar,
West Jakarta, for using fake car documents and driver's license.

However, South Jakarta Police detectives chief Capt. Rycko
Amelza Daniel said police later found 40 ecstasy pills on Aziz's
possession. (ylt)