An Indian
national suspected of links to drug ring operating in Indonesia was gunned down
on Tuesday evening after trying to escape arrest.
Earlier,
law enforcers arrested the suspect, only identified as Ayangba, at a room in
Mitra Bahari Apartment building in North Jakarta, while he was allegedly
consuming drugs with his two colleagues, believed to be a Malaysian national
named Tan Choo Hee and an Indian national named Wangranyo Kasar.
Top
detective Brig. Gen. Armand Depari said that after questioning Ayangba, the
police raided City Park Apartment in Cengkareng, North Jakarta, confiscating 23
kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, locally known as shabu-shabu.
“Afterwards,
we were escorting Ayangba, also known as Lauta, to an apartment complex in
Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, where he allegedly kept more drugs. However, he
tried to escape from us,” said Armand.
He
explained that Ayangba had asked two policemen escorting him to pull over near
the apartment, pretending that he had forgotten the address.
“Suddenly,
he began fighting the two officers, attempting to take one of their guns. One
of the policemen pointed a gun at him, asking him to surrender, but the suspect
decided to run instead,” he said.
He added
that Ayangba ignored three warning shots from the police officer and as a
result he was shot in the back.
The Indian
man was immediately brought to the National Police Sukanto Hospital in Kramat
Jati, East Jakarta, but succumbed to his wounds.
Armand said
that investigators were still trying to uncover an international drug network
between India, Malaysia and Indonesia, which the police suspected had operated
in Jakarta for a long time.
“We have
received information that this network sells their drugs in Jakarta and
Surabaya, East Java,” said Armand. (asa)
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