Jakarta. Three people have been arrested in the Greater Jakarta area after more than half a ton of marijuana was found in trucks en route from from Aceh to Java, police said.
“The prohibited items would then be distributed to some islands and regions in Indonesia,” Brig. Gen. Arman Depari said on Thursday.
Two suspects — alleged couriers A.N. and A.J. — were arrested in Beji, Depok, recently with 84 kilograms of marijuana. Police said they had distributed more than 100 kilograms of marijuana to West Jakarta and some universities, including University of Indonesia in Depok and Pancasila University in South Jakarta.
Police reported that the suspects had said they would frequently send marijuana to the two universities — at most six kilograms at a time — and that they were paid Rp 100,000 ($8) per kilogram.
After arresting the duo, police raided a warehouse in Cikupa, Tangerang, in the early hours of Thursday morning. There they found 350 kilograms of marijuana and arrested another suspected, identified as T.F.
Police said A.N. and A.J. had already distributed 200 kilograms of marijuana.
Investigators declined to specify where in Aceh the marijuana had been cultivated.
“It has been happening for 10 years,” Arman said. “Traditionally they bring the weeds by carrying it on their shoulders for days. They walked for days and brought along foods and kitchen tools.”
Police are still searching for a man identified as Jul whom they believe the be the leader of the organization.
“We have detected his location in North Sumatra and its surrounding region,” Arman said, declining to specify a location.
Arman said the three suspects could face death penalty.
Source: Jakarta Globe, Feb. 28, 2014
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