Small fry are easy to catch but the big fish tend to get away. Perhaps that is something Harpin Nurgus, 33, and Samsul Bahri, 28, will reflect on following their arrests for alleged trafficking in grenades.

They were arrested in Depok last Tuesday, just to the south of Jakarta. And once again, the true masterminds behind their ‘business’ appear to have got away.

The story begins last Tuesday evening. That was when Harpin paid a vis