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Suspected drug courier shot at Palu airport
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Finance Minister Sri Mulyani (second right), alongside (left to right) former Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Mochamad Iriawan, National Narcotics Agency head Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso and the taxation director of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, Heru Pambudi, hurls an illegally imported bottle of alcohol in Jakarta. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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n alleged drug courier, Muhammad Isa, 31, was shot by Central Sulawesi Police narcotics unit officers at the Mutiara SIS Aljufri Airport in Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Saturday.
Isa came from Seunade Kunyet village in Padang Tiji district, Pidie regency, Aceh.
“The police attempted to nab him when he was walking to the airport's bathroom after getting off the airplane. But he resisted arrest and retaliated so officers fired shots to immobilize him,” Central Sulawesi Police spokesperson Adj. Sr. Comr. Hari Suprapto told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.
Isa suffered gunshot wounds to his right and left thighs. He is now recovering at the Central Sulawesi Police Bhayangkara Hospital in Palu.
The police seized 700 grams of crystal methamphetamine from the suspect.
Read also: Jakarta Police seize 225 kg of marijuana trafficked from Aceh
A follow-up investigation led the police to arrest two Palu residents who were allegedly part of the drug distribution network.
“The Palu citizens are 20-year-old student Wahyu Riski Pratama and 23-year-old Mohammad Rifai,” Hari said.
According to Hari, Wahyu, who was allegedly assigned to pick up Isa at the airport, was nabbed at the airport's parking lot. Wahyu took the police to Mohammad Rifai’s house.
On Aug. 15, the Central Sulawesi branch of the National Narcotics Agency arrested an alleged drug dealer, Azis, and his two colleagues at his house in Tavanjunka village, Tatang district, Palu. (bbs)
