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S. African national nabbed with 2kg meth inside stomach
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Jakarta Police narcotics division head Sr. Comr. John Turman Panjaitan (left) and spokesman Sr. Comr. Awi Setiyono display capsules containing crystal meth allegedly seized from DH, a South African national, amounting to more than 2 kilograms, at the Jakarta Police headquarters on Monday. (Kompas.com/Akhdi Martin Pratama)
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South African national, identified by the initials,DH, 47, was arrested by detectives from the Jakarta Police’s narcotics division at a hotel in Petamburan, Central Jakarta, on Monday at 8:30 a.m. for alleged drug dealing.
"We wanted to catch him red-handed while carrying out the transaction. However, it seemed he knew that we were tailing him therefore we decided to arrest him as soon as he checked out from the hotel,” narcotics division head Sr. Comr. John Turman Panjaitan was quoted as saying by kompas.com on Monday.
Upon his arrest, police allegedly found more than 2 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine stored in 79 small capsules inside his stomach. He allegedly swallowed the capsules to avoid a police search.
The police arrested suspected DH’s alleged accomplices, AS and AD, on June 17.
"DH has been on our wanted list. From his accomplices, we got statements that they got the drugs from DH,” John said.
DH arrived in Jakarta on Sunday from South Africa. (dmr)
