A Middle Eastern tourist has reported a member of the police’s Mobile Brigade unit for extortion, police said on Monday. Al Mutairi A Nasser, 40, said First Brigadier S.G., an officer in the brigade known as Brimob from the Kelapa Dua base in Depok, had together with three civilians attempted to extort money from him in the early hours of Friday. “The four broke into a villa, claiming to be members of the National Police conducting an anti-drug raid,” said Adj. Comr. Imron Ermawan, the Bogor district police chief of detectives. Nasser, a Saudi national, was at the time staying at the “Pratama” villa in the South Tugu village of Cisarua. Imron said the four had tried to set Nasser up by giving a sex worker a pack of marijuana and sending her into the villa with instructions to leave it there. “But when the four did the raid and search, the pack was not found,” Imron said. However, the four still extorted the tourist to the tune of 8,100 Saudi riyal ($2,200). “The perpetrators pointed a gun at Nasser and drove off in the vehicle rented by the victim,” the detective said. Nasser reported the incident to local residents, who then reported it to the local police. The four were arrested at a villa where they were staying, not far from the scene of the crime. “From the perpetrators, the police confiscated 8,100 Saudi riyal, a revolver, 22 bullets and a Toyata Avanza van,” the Bogor detective chief said. Adj. Comr. Hery Santoso, the Bogor district police chief, said the four were being questioned and faced charges of extortion and theft. The charges carry up to seven years in prison. The Brimob member, S.G., will also be investigated for suspected violations of the corps’ code of ethics by his unit in Kelapa Dua, Hery added. “The authority to decide whether there was a violation of the code of ethics lies with his unit in Depok,” Imron said. The four suspects were being detained at the Bogor district police headquarters.