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)