DENPASAR ~ A sailor allegedly found with the drug methamphetamine or sabu-sabu was arrested in his room at a boarding house on Jl. Tukad Buaji, Denpasar, on Monday, police said.

Bali Police spokesman Gede Sugianyar said the suspect, Iwan, 34, had been under surveillance for some time and a search of his room had turned up five packages of sabu-sabu weighing 3.2 grams.

Sugianyar said the case was being investigated, but Iwan faced up to five years in prison and a Rp100-million (US$8,300) fine.

“We are pursing the suspect’s supplier,” he said.