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Denpasar narcotics police arrest drug dealer 'targeting foreign tourists'
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Denpasar Police's narcotics chief Comr. I Wayan Arta Ariawan, shows confiscated cocaine at a press conference on Wednesday in Denpasar, Bali. The drugs were seized during the arrest of suspected drug dealer RM, who allegedly targeted foreign tourists on the resort island.
(JP/ Ni Komang Erviani)
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he Denpasar Police's narcotics unit has arrested a drug dealer who is suspected of targeting foreign tourists in Bali.
The 49-tear-old suspect, identified only by his initials RM, was apprehended at his ex-girlfriend’s boarding house on Jl. Tirta Ening in Sanur, Denpasar, on June 20.
"We seized 13 small packets of cocaine weighing a total of 7.9 grams from the suspect,” Denpasar Police narcotics chief Comr. I Wayan Arta Ariawan told the press conference on Wednesday, adding that RM sold the drug to foreign tourists.
Arta said the packets were seized from two separate locations, the Sanur property and RM’s house on Jl. Kesambi Kerobokan in North Kuta.
Read also: Russian arrested on drug charges in BaliRM claimed to police investigators that he had bought the cocaine from a foreigner, identified only as MD, for Rp 1 million (US$74.91) per gram.
"We cannot divulge further details on the foreigner, including her/his nationality, since we are still searching for her/him,” Arta said. (dmr)
