Three drug suspects arrested in Medan

Three drug suspects arrested in Medan

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Police arrested three men, two of them
Acehnese residents, early on Wednesday on charges of attempting
to sell 200 kilograms of marijuana loaded on a truck in Medan
Sunggal subdistrict, North Sumatra.

The three, identified as Ngatiran, 39, Taufik, 28, and Umar
Riandi, 40, were caught reportedly waiting for buyers in front of
Umar's home in Medan.

First Insp. Agus Pristiono, the Medan Sunggal Police chief of
detectives, said the arrests were made following a tipoff from
local residents who were suspicious of the fully loaded truck
parked at Umar's home.

Umar, speaking to The Jakarta Post in the local police
station, admitted to the crime.

He said that he and his accomplices were to sell the illegal
drug in Medan, but the buyers had not appeared after three days.
--JP