Planting Cannabis In Gardens, 2 South OKU Residents Threatened With The Death Penalty

The two suspects and evidence were secured at the South OKU Police Headquarters. BETWEEN/HO-South OKU Police

MURADUA - The Narcotics Investigation Unit of the South Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) Police, South Sumatra confiscated a number of cannabis plants from a resident's garden in Tanjung Sari Village, Simpang District. The police also arrested two people suspected of planting and controlling the narcotics.

South OKU Police Chief AKBP I Made Redi Hartana said the arrest was made after the police received a public report regarding the alleged cultivation of marijuana in the village.

"Based on the report, members of the Narcotics Unit made observations around the Tanjung Sari Village garden," said I Made Redi Hartana in Muaradua accompanied by the Head of the Narcotics Unit AKP Alimin, Antara, Sunday, August 10.

When they arrived at the location on Saturday, officers found cannabis plants growing in the perpetrator's garden. The police then arrested two suspects with the initials AP (30) and CT (35), both residents of Tanjung Sari Village.

From the search, the police found evidence in the form of five packages of dried leaves suspected of being marijuana with a gross weight of 16.03 grams, as well as five cannabis trees with lengths varying from 45 centimeters to 125 centimeters found in the yard of CT's garden.

The two suspects were charged with Article 114 Paragraph (2) subsidiary to Article 111 Paragraph (2) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 35 Year 2009 concerning Narcotics. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment or death penalty, as well as a fine of billions of rupiah.

"The two suspects and evidence have been secured at the South OKU Police Headquarters for further legal processing," said I Made Redi Hartana.