Zimbabwean shot dead over heroin

Zimbabwean shot dead over heroin

JAKARTA (JP): City police shot dead a Zimbabwean national at
his rented home in Perbanas residential complex in Kuningan,
South Jakarta, after he was caught in possession of heroin and
tried to escape police arrest on Thursday.

City police detective for drug crimes, Adj. Sr. Comr. Carlo,
identified the suspect as Pieter Tonday, 37, whom police had
caught in possession of 200 grams of heroin at his home at 5:30
p.m. on Thursday.

"He is a Zimbabwean, according to his passport. From the
traces of heroin we found in the suspect's toilet, he had flushed
a lot of heroin down the toilet. We caught him with 200 grams of
heroin, but he tried to escape," Carlo told The Jakarta Post on
Friday.

"We fired warning shots, but he kept going. So, we shot him."
(ylt)