Three men nabbed over marijuana

Three men nabbed over marijuana

JAYAPURA, Papua: Police in Jayapura have arrested two Papua New Guinean citizens and an Indonesian for possessing 331.6 grams of marijuana.

Jayapura Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Totok Kasmiarto said here recently that the three confessed to trafficking the illicit drug because they desperately needed money.

The two suspects from Papua New Guinea, identified as Lazarus Hoima, 38, and John Waku, 37, and the third, Bernikus Nuburi, have been in police custody since March 26. The police said they would send the suspects' case files to the prosecutor's office in order to bring them to trial.

The three men were arrested when a plainclothes detective posing as a buyer said he purchased the marijuana from them in a hotel in the Hamadi area of the city. -- JP