Three arrested on drug charges

JAKARTA: West Jakarta Police arrested three people for consuming and trafficking narcotics during police raids on Friday and Saturday.

West Jakarta Detectives Unit chief Sr. Comr. Aswin Sipayung said that during the raids, the police had also seized a number of ecstasy pills and a quantity of crystal methamphetamine.

He said that the three were arrested at separate locations.

As two of the suspects were women, they have been detained at the Pondok Bambu Women's Prison in East Jakarta, while the male suspect is in the custody of the West Jakarta Police. -- JP