Suspect dealer nabbed in Bali

Suspect dealer nabbed in Bali

DENPASAR, Bali: Police nabbed on Sunday afternoon an alleged
female drug dealer and seized from her 297 ecstasy pills, 11
grams of cocaine, and around five grams of sabu-sabu (crystal
methamphetamine).

Thirty-one-year-old Sri Yuliani was apprehended by officers of
the Denpasar Police Narcotic Unit as she was getting out of a
taxi cab on Jl. Nakula in Bali's prime tourist area, Kuta.

"She's been on our target list for quite some time. And since
she looked like someone who was about to make a transaction, my
men immediately approached and searched her," Denpasar Police
Narcotics Unit chief First Insp. Rudi Purwiyanto said here
on Sunday.

Initially she was found possessing 10 ecstasy pills, two small
packages of cocaine along with a key.

Yuliani first claimed that the key was her friend's, but later
she admitted that it was for her rented room.

Police then searched her room at Jl. Janji in the Sanur area.

A native of Kediri, East Java, Yuliani was believed to have
started out as a drug courier. However, with the arrest of her
"boss" she then started to trade directly in the illicit
business.

"This arrest was a coincidence," a police source revealed.

"To be honest, we were in the middle of looking for another
suspect when we ran across her this afternoon. We then decided to
take the chance." the source added. (zen)