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Island focus: Drug dealers from Aceh shot dead
Two suspected drug dealers from Pidie, Aceh, were shot dead as they attempted to resist arrest in Medan, North Sumatra Police spokesperson Sr
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wo suspected drug dealers from Pidie, Aceh, were shot dead as they attempted to resist arrest in Medan, North Sumatra Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Rina Sari Ginting said on Thursday.
The dead men, identified only as MR and M fought off police officers who were about to apprehend them on Jl. Sei Rokan, on Tuesday.
“They threatened the officers using home-made pistols, forcing the police to shoot them both dead,” Rina said, adding that the police seized 1 kg of crystal methamphetamine at the scene. Officers of the Medan Police’s narcotics division subsequently searched the suspects’ rented accommodation on Jl. Sei Begawan and found another 1 kg of crystal meth.
