Frangky Sopacua Sentenced To The Ambon District Court For 5 Years In Prison And A Fine Of IDR 1 Billion For Drug Cases

AMBON - The Ambon District Court judges sentenced Frangky Sopacua to 5 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 1 billion, the defendant who owns seven class one drug packages instead of shabu-shabu plants."To declare the defendant guilty of committing a criminal act of abuse and drug trafficking class one is not a shabu-shabu plant as regulated and threatened with crime in Article 114 Paragraph (1) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics," said Chief Justice Martha Maitimu in a verdict hearing at the Ambon District Court, Maluku, Antara, Monday, May 13.In its ruling, the panel of judges stated that the defendant remained in detention and was sentenced to pay a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to 3 months in prison.The aggravating thing for the defendant was sentenced to 5 years in prison for not supporting the government's program in eradicating and preventing the abuse of narcotics and illegal drugs (drugs).While mitigating things, the defendant behaved politely during the trial, admitted and regretted his actions, had never been convicted and he was the backbone of the family.The judge's decision was lighter than the prosecutor's demands in the previous trial for 7 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to 6 months in prison.Based on this decision, both the public prosecutor and the defendant and their legal adviser Tri Hendra Unamer stated that they accepted so that this decision had permanent legal force.Previously, the Ambon District Court judges had also sentenced the defendant's wife on behalf of Katherina Tawaerubun to 4 years in prison and their colleague Junus Lobloby was sentenced to 5 years in prison.This case began when a member of the Maluku Police's Narcotics Directorate detained witness Junus M. Lobloby for possession of a clear plastic clip containing methamphetamine.
Then after being interrogated, witness Junus admitted to buying the drugs from the defendant, so the police arrested him on Saturday (4/11) 2023 at 00.45 WIT.