Results of test on bay water expected

Results of test on bay water expected

JAKARTA: The Jakarta Police are expecting the results of a
comparative test on water and coral samples taken from the
Thousand Islands waters and around a rig of the China National
Offshore Oil Corp. by the end of May.

"The National Police Headquarters forensic laboratory is
currently doing tests using 'fingerprint technic' to identify
chemical substances in the samples," city police spokesman Sr.
Comr. Prasetyo said over the weekend.

Police took samples of the polluted seawater, coral an oil
spill and oil extracted by CNOOC from January through April.

"We have questioned 17 witnesses and will question eight
others," he said. "We hope we can identify the suspects by the
end of June."

Thousands of fish had washed up dead around the bay in past
weeks. -- JP

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Four suspected drug dealers nabbed
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Four suspected drug dealers nabbed

BEKASI: Four men were arrested on Saturday morning for the
possession of nine packets of marijuana in an East Bekasi
shopping center.

Police identified the men as Adit, 27; Erik M., 23; Teddy, 20;
and Deni, 18.

Bekasi Police chief of detectives Comr. Rasino said on Sunday
that the arrests were made possible due to a tip-off from locals.

Plainclothes detectives approached the suspects as potential
buyers in the shopping center and apprehended them. The four did
not resist arrest.

Rasino said the suspects had refused to reveal from where the
marijuana came. They will be charged with violating Article 62 of
Law No. 5/1997 on psychotropic substances, under which they could
face a maximum five years in jail or a Rp 100 million (US$11,111)
fine. -- Antara