West Jakarta Police nab crystal meth dealer

JAKARTA: Police arrested a drug dealer and confiscated 2.5 kilograms of high-quality crystal methamphetamine known as "honey sabu", which is rare to find on the street, according to one officer.

"After a one-month investigation, we caught the suspect at his house at the Taman Surya residential complex in Kalideres, West Jakarta on Tuesday morning," City police spokesman Sr. Comr. Boy Rafli Amar told reporters.

He said the suspect, an Indonesia citizen he refused to identify, got the drugs from another Indonesian citizen, who brought it into the country from China.

Police estimated the street value of the seizure to be Rp 2 million (US$225) per gram. - JP