Police shoot two Medan drug dealers

Police shoot two Medan drug dealers

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Police shot and wounded two suspected cannabis traffickers in a raid in the North Sumatra capital of Medan on Monday evening and confiscated four kilograms of dried cannabis.

Acting on a tip-off from local residents, the police stormed a house suspected of being used to distribute the drug to other provinces.

The police fired two warning shots in the air, but later shot the legs of the two suspects, identified only by their initials B.S., 25, and J.D., 22, who attempted to escape.

They police said the investigation would be developed to pursue other suspects linked in the illegal drug network. --Antara