Medan District Court Judge Sentenced To Seller Of 5 Grams Of Shabu 8 Years In Prison

Medan District Court. (ANTARA/M Sahbainy Nasution)

The panel of judges at the Medan District Court (PN), North Sumatra, sentenced the defendant Herman Purba to eight years in prison in a case of selling 5.06 grams of methamphetamine.

"The defendant Herman Purba was sentenced to eight years in prison, a fine of Rp. 1 billion," said Chief Judge Nurmiyati as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, October 10.

From the facts of the trial, the panel of judges believed that the defendant was proven and guilty of committing a criminal act of Article 114 paragraph (2) of the Republic of Indonesia Law No. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics.

The essence of the article is, without rights or against the law offering to sell, sell, buy, accept, become intermediaries in buying and selling, exchanging, or delivering narcotics class I weighing more than five grams, namely 5.06 grams.

"The aggravating thing is that the defendant does not support the government's program in eradicating drugs, while the mitigating thing is regretting his actions," said Nurmiyati.

After reading the verdict, the panel of judges gave the Public Prosecutor of the North Sumatra Prosecutor's Office a time of thought, the defendant's legal adviser and the defendant accepted or appealed to the decision.

The decision of the panel of judges is conform to the demands of the Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the North Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) Randi H Tambunan.

The indictment revealed that on July 14, 2023, personnel from the North Sumatra Police Narcotics Directorate received information that there was a methamphetamine seller on Jalan Abdul Sani Mutaliba, Kelurahan Falls, Medan Marelan District, Medan City.

Then, the police personnel made purchases using covert technique (undercover buy). In short, when they agreed to meet at the location, the defendant Herman Purba was arrested along with evidence.

After being interrogated, the defendant admitted that he got the evidence from Benny, then sold it in a small package to the buyer.