Recipients Of 2 Synthetic Drug Packages From DPO Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison By Ambon District Court

The defendant Risal Boreel underwent a verdict hearing in a narcotics abuse case. (10/12) (ANTARA/Daniel/)

JAKARTA - The Ambon District Court (PN) sentenced Risal Boreel to five years in prison, the defendant who received two packages of narcotics in the form of synthetic dry plants sent through a freight forwarding service company in Ambon City.

"Declaring that the defendant is legally and convincingly proven guilty of violating Article 112 Paragraph (1) of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics," said Chief Justice Orpa Marthina accompanied by two members at the trial in Ambon, Tuesday, December 10, confiscated by Antara.

In its ruling, the panel of judges stated that they sentenced the defendant to five years in prison and paid a fine of Rp. 800 million, subsidiary to three months in prison.

"The aggravating thing is that the defendant is sentenced to prison for not supporting the government's program in eradicating narcotics abuse and trafficking," said the panel of judges.

Meanwhile, the mitigating thing is that the defendant behaved politely in court and acknowledged and regretted his actions.

The verdict of the panel of judges is still lighter than the demands of the public prosecutor who charged the defendant for six years in prison and a fine of Rp. 800 million, subsidiary to three months in prison in the previous trial.

The defendant Risal Boreel was initially arrested by members of the Maluku Police's Narcotics Directorate on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at around 11.30 WIT near the Asmil Batumerah futsal field, Sirimau District, Ambon City.

The prosecutor said that the defendant's arrest was after the police followed the courier of the freight forwarding service company that delivered the package and was received by the defendant because the package also had the phone number Risal Borel written, while the owner of the item was Fahmi Suryawan, who was a police DPO.