Two Malaysians with 20kg of syabu detained in Palembang

Indonesian police detained two Malaysians and seized 20kg of syabu in a raid at a shophouse at Bukit Kecil in Palembang, South Sumatera yesterday.

Online media quoted South Sumatera police chief, Djoko Prastowo, as saying that a team from Jakarta Police Headquarters and South Sumatera, acting on a tip-off, tailed two men from the Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport in Palembang.

He said the two men aged 27 and 22 were believed to be members of an international drug trafficking syndicate from Malaysia.

The suspects had stayed a night at a shophouse not far from Palembang before police moved in to apprehend them and raid the premises around 10am, he said.

Djoko said the case had been referred to Jakarta police headquarters for further investigation. -- Bernama