Three arrested in drug raid

Three arrested in drug raid

JAKARTA: The police had detained three suspects over the
possession of 0.3 grams of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine)
and a roll of marijuana during a raid involving 200 officers at
Tangki, Taman Sari subdistrict in West Jakarta, City Police
spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam said on Thursday.

Police seized 0.2 grams of shabu-shabu from Eng Wat, alias
Suhardi Susanto, 44, 0.1 grams of heroin from Suryani, 25, and
one roll of marijuana from Dony David, 19, Anton said.

In the one and a half hour operation on Wednesday morning, the
police deployed some 200 of its personnel from the Mobile Brigade
unit (Brimob) and detectives.

Anton said only a small quantity of drugs had been seized
because plans of the raid had been disclosed to the public.

But the police would also conduct similar raids clandestinely
at night so as to net bigger fish, Anton said.

During Wednesday's raid, which was part of the police's anti-
drug campaign from Oct.25 to Dec. 25, the police had detained 11
people.

"However, we've freed eight of them due to inadequate proof,"
Anton said. --JP