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Gunman nabbed in East Aceh
The Aceh Police have arrested a 36-year-old drug dealer identified by the initials WH, who allegedly shot a police officer during an undercover raid in Sungai Raya Langsa, East Aceh district, last week
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he Aceh Police have arrested a 36-year-old drug dealer identified by the initials WH, who allegedly shot a police officer during an undercover raid in Sungai Raya Langsa, East Aceh district, last week.
National Police Sr. Comr. Rana S. Permana said that WH was detained late on Monday around the Sungai Raya Langsa area.
'From the suspect, we have confiscated an S&W revolver, three bullets, three bullet shells and two cell phones,' Rana said at National Police's headquarters in South Jakarta on Wednesday.
On Sept. 18, WH fired a bullet at Langsa Police officer Brig. Syahri Rahmat, who caught him selling drugs.
'The suspect was one of the prisoners who escaped from the North Sumatra Police [in March],' Rana said.
At that time, the North Sumatra Police had taken WH into custody for the illegal possession of a firearm.
Rana said that Syahri was still receiving intensive treatment at Columbia Asia Hospital in Medan, North Sumatra. Syahri sustained severe injuries around his waist.
'There is a possibility that he might be paralyzed. The medical team will work to bring his condition back to normal,' he added.
