Police arrested a 35-year-old man, alleged to be a drug dealer, and confiscated 173 kilograms of marijuana in two separate locations in Bekasi, West Java, on Saturday.
According to East Jakarta Police working in cooperation with Jakarta Police narcotics division, the man was identified only by the initials MD.
“We are still pursuing the mastermind in this case. We are requesting help from a number of police offices,” Jakarta Police narcotics division chief Sr. Comr. Nugroho Aji said Sunday as quoted by kompas.com.
The 173 kilograms of marijuana seized was only a small portion of the drugs police planned to confiscate, he added.
Before the arrest police had been tracking the alleged dealer for several months, Nugroho said.
The case has links to two other cases involve 2.8 tons and 3.2 tons of marijuana in Sukabumi and Cianjur, West Java, he said.
“Judging by the quality and packaging of the drugs, we are sure the case is linked to two previous cases police have already investigated. The group involved in the earlier cases transported the marijuana by truck from Aceh to West Java,” he said.
From there, he said, the drug was distributed to big cities across Java.
While serving as the director of narcotics division of West Java Police in mid 2010, Nugroho and his team confiscated the 2.8 tons of marijuana in Sukabumi.
“We arrested four dealers. They have been sentenced to death. However, they have filed appeals,” he said.
In early 2011, the team also confiscated 3.2 tons of marijuana in Cianjur.
“We have three suspects on this case. The trial is still continuing,” he said.
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