Alleged drug dealers arrested in Sawah Besar

JAKARTA: The City Police’s narcotics division revealed on Monday that they had arrested four alleged drug dealers in Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta, on Sunday night.

One of the suspects tried to avoid the police pursuit and shot Suripno, a hansip (civil defense officer), before he was apprehended by the authorities.

Suripno sustained an injury to his right shoulder and was taken to nearby Husada hospital for treatment.

“Officers confiscated 11 grams of crystal methamphetamine, 100 ecstasy pills, a SIG Sauer pistol and five bullets from the suspect, identified only as HE,” police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said.

During questioning, HE reportedly confessed that he had bought the drugs from T in Kampung Ambon, an area notorious for narcotics dealing in Cengkareng, West Jakarta.

According to Rikwanto, earlier that night, the police had arrested three of HE’s accomplices, identified as HU, D and E. From them, officers confiscated eight packages of crystal meth and one ecstasy tablet.

High school girl arrested for sex trade

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 12/06/2011 9:50 AM

A high school girl has been arrested by the Batam police for allegedly acting as a pimp for almost 50 other girls.

Identified as Mona, the 17-year-old girl, who is in her third year of senior high school, is believed to have arranged clients for many of her friends, including university students, tribunenews.com.

The suspect, now being detained at the Barelang police resort, kept the data and photos of the girls, including their price, in her Blackberry, police said.

Comment: Beggars renting infants to be arrested

Aug. 6, Online

The Jakarta Police said that they would arrest beggars who hit the streets with infants who are not their own and charge them with child exploitation.

“The beggars will undergo legal processing if it is proven that the baby does not belong to him or her,” Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Baharudin Jafar said on Saturday.

Public order officers are currently cracking down on street beggars and other people deemed “suffering from social welfare problems”.

People from outside Jakarta habitually flood the city to work as beggars during the Ramadhan period, during which more fortunate people frequently hand out alms to the poor. Beggars usually “rent” infants and toddlers to gain more sympathy from those giving alms.

Jafar added that using other people’s infants to beg was a form of child exploitation, which went against the 2002 Law on Child Protection.

Your comments:

This situation is a reflection that the government has failed to eradicate the poverty in this state. It is so ironic. A country that has abundant natural resources is becoming a crippled state. The causal factors are mismanaging, corruption, etc.

Adank
Riau

The real problem is that 200 million people have lost their traditional occupations and the rich ecosystem from which their lives depended on for generations. It is being exploited and destroyed, so they are forced to live “modern” lives, but there are no real jobs and development in the rural areas other than being slaves to private companies backed by the government, so they have no choice but to find jobs in the cities.

You want to solve the so-called “urbanization problem”? Start doing real development in rural areas, and then they won’t have to come to the cities.

Fox
Jakarta

19 arrested in Kampung Ambon drug bust

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 05/18/2011 12:42 PM | Jakarta

West Jakarta Police says it arrested 19 suspected drug users and dealers in a raid in the densely populated area of Kampung Ambon, Cengkareng, on Tuesday.

Detectives found seven homes that had been used for drug transactions in the area, West Jakarta Police chief detective Comr. Yossie Rantukuhu said Wednesday.

“We confiscated 25 grams of [crystal methamphetamine], 1.5 grams of marijuana and 400 ecstasy pills of different brands,” Yossie said as quoted by tribunnews.com.

He added that police had also seized 200 used water pipes, 100 new water pipes, aluminum foil, 300 lighters and nine sets of digital scales.

"We also discovered two air soft pistols, one dagger, 10 machetes, spears and sickles," Yossie said, adding that five motorcycles, two cars, seven conterfeited Rp 100,000 notes and two CCTV cameras were seized in the raid.

The drug syndicate in the area was allegedly led by a suspect named Oddi Peter.

Nusakambangan penitentiary chief arrested for drugs

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 03/09/2011 9:24 AM | National

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has arrested Nusakambangan Narcotics Penitentiary chief Marwan Adli and his two subordinates for their alleged involvement in the illicit drug trade within the prison.
The two subordinates are the penitentiary’s security unit chief Iwan Syaefuddin and education section chief Fob Budhiyono, BNN Cilacap natural narcotics office director Benny Mamoto said Tuesday, as quoted by kompas.com.
BNN officers have also arrested Hartoni, an inmate who was allegedly part of the drug trade network, Benny said.
BNN raided the office of Marwan and his two subordinates on Tuesday afternoon, and are planning to arrest other suspects in the case.

French man arrested with 5 kg of crystal meth

Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang, Banten | Thu, 01/13/2011 3:16 PM | Jakarta

A French citizen was arrested at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Tuesday carrying 5 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine (“shabu-shabu”) worth an estimated Rp 7.6 billion (US$ 843,600), an official says.

“The shabu-shabu was packed in his case pockets,” airport customs chief investigator Gatot Sugeng Wibowo said Thursday.

The suspect, Gerard D, 53, flew Emirates Airways (EK-0356) from Dubai to Jakarta. He was captured at Terminal II D of Soekarno Hatta International Airport at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

Gerard said he worked as a hotel surveyor in Thailand and Singapore.