Police seize contraband

SURABAYA: The police have confiscated one gun, 62 knives, 100,000 stimulant tablets, 5,000 bottles of liquor and 3,329 Ecstasy pills in last week's operation.

The city police started a month-long operation on Nov. 15, aiming at curbing street violence and crime.

Among those arrested last week were a couple allegedly in possession of 2,275 Ecstasy pills. The other 1,054 were seized from visitors of Stasiun 10 Plaza discotheque.

The police said they hope the couple would help uncover the Ecstasy trafficking ring in Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city after Jakarta.

"We want to link up with Jakarta police to arrest another couple we suspect are large-scale Ecstasy suppliers to Surabaya. We already have their data," said city police chief Col. I Dewa Astika as quoted by Antara. (pan)