A Nigerian drug dealer has been shot dead in Indonesia.
The deceased was a member of a Malaysian-based
drug ring with another Nigerian national and a
Tanzanian woman.
They were nabbed in their attempts to smuggle
marijuana and crystal methamphetamine into Indonesia.
The National Police Chief, General Tito Karnavian,
weekend, confirmed the arrests and death to newsmen
at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
According to him, customs officials at the airport
arrested the Tanzanian woman as she arrived from
Kuala Lumpur in the early hours of Wednesday, January
4th.
He said the officials confiscated 138 grams of crystal
meth hidden in 20 capsules and three grams of
marijuana tucked into her underp@nts, and 66 more
capsules of crystal meth that she had swallowed,
adding that the police and Customs officials have foiled
673 drug smuggling attempts into Indonesia between
2014 and 2017, and seized more than 2,000 kilograms
of drugs.
Also confirming the arrests, Customs and Excise
director general Heru Pambudi said: “We arrested the
woman after conducting data screening.
“The Tanzanian woman had traveled to Indonesia on
her boyfriend’s instructions, a Uganda national in
Malaysia.
“Customs officials later teamed up with police officers
to arrest two Nigerian men who were going to receive
the drugs from the woman at a restaurant in Central
Jakarta.
“Both men were allegedly part of the Malaysia-based
drug ring.
“They resisted the police’s attempt to arrest them and
tried to flee the scene, prompting officers to shoot.
“One of the men died at the scene.
“The Indonesian police have turned their attention to the
Malaysian drug ring lately.
“Better data and information exchange with the
Customs Office has helped us enormously in
investigating the Malaysian drug ring,” Pambudi said,
noting that the names of the suspects would be
revealed upon completion of investigation.
