Two arrested with 30 boxes of drugs

Two arrested with 30 boxes of drugs

JAKARTA (JP): A 58-year-old man and his 20-year-old son were
arrested by police detectives with 30 boxes of drugs in front of
a courier company in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday,
a police officer said.

City police detectives chief Col. Alex Bambang Riatmodjo
identified the two men as Nanikram Pramchan and son Vijay
Nanikram Mahbubone, both residents of Jl. Cikini Raya.

Inside the boxes, police found thousands of tablets and pills
bearing the Merck Librax trademark, Alex said.

Police are still investigating the nationalities of the two
suspects.

"They were arrested after they took the boxes, containing
illegal drugs, from a courier company in front of a hotel on Jl.
Tanah Abang," Alex said.

Alex, however, declined to give details on the arrest or how
police learned of the suspects' activities.

"It's an ordinary case. As usual we received a tip-off from
the public," he said.

Both Nanikram and his son admitted the packages were theirs
but they strongly denied the drugs were illegal.

Nanikram, a medicine supplier, said he had a license for the
drugs.

"We run a legal business and we have a license to import the
drugs," he said at city police headquarters. (emf)