Three arrested over drugs

Three arrested over drugs

JAKARTA (JP): Sunda Kelapa Police detectives arrested three
people for possession of three kilograms of marijuana early on
Tuesday morning.

Police suspect they intended to sell the drug to fishermen in
the Tanjung Priok area.

Tanjung Priok Seaport (KP3) Police chief Lt. Col. Edward
Aritonang identified the three as Dayat, 22, Ishak, 22, and
Dasma, 28.

"The suspects were arrested in their hideout in the Sunda
Kelapa area, with three kilograms of marijuana in 280 small
plastic packets," Aritonang told reporters.

"They sell each packet for Rp 10,000 (US$1.30), which is
nearly a whole day's wage for a fisherman. We have been receiving
too many reports from Tanjung Priok fishermen residents about
these drug deals."

"I ordered Sunda Kelapa Police chief Maj. Daryono to
investigate, and he got hold of these three men. So far, they say
they get their drugs from a single man, whom we are now after."
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