Involved in Circulation of 53.59 Kilograms of Drugs, Tanjungkarang District Court Judge Sentenced to Death 2 Acehnese

One of the defendants in the case of drug trafficking of methamphetamine was sentenced to death (ANTARA/HO)

LAMPUNG - The Tanjungkarang District Court Class IA Bandarlampung judges sentenced two defendants Anwar (38) and Baihaqi (37) to the case of circulating 53.59 kilograms of methamphetamine.

"The defendant was proven guilty. Therefore, he was sentenced to death", said Chief Justice Lingga when reading the verdict against the two defendants in the drug case in the trial at the Tanjungkarang District IA Class IA Bandarlampung, Antara, Thursday, November 17.

He continued that the two defendants who were Acehnese were found guilty of violating Article 114 paragraph (2) and Article 132 paragraph (1) of Law No. 35 of 2009 on Narcotics.

In their decision, the panel of judges considered the aggravating factors, namely that the defendant had fled, there was too much evidence, and he did not support the government's program to eradicate narcotics.

The death sentences for the two defendants are the same as those demanded by the Public Prosecutor (JPU) Alfriady Effendy who demanded the death penalty. The legal adviser for the two defendants, Deswita Apriani, said he strongly objected to the verdict that had been handed down by the panel of judges.

The objection, he said, was that the place where the two defendants were arrested did not take place in Lampung but in the waters of North Sumatra.

"The location is not in Lampung, so the trial should not be in Lampung. That is one of our objections to the judge's decision", he said.

Previously, the two accused dealers of 53.59 kilograms of methamphetamine from Aceh were demanded to be sentenced to death by the Public Prosecutor (JPU) Alfriady Effendy at the same District Court.

The two defendants underwent trial for the circulation of 53.59 kilograms of methamphetamine. The two defendants, who are Acehnese, were previously arrested by a joint team consisting of the Lampung Regional Police. Aceh Police, Lampung BNNP, and Aceh Customs.

The arrest occurred on Thursday, February 14, 2022. At that time the joint team had foiled the shipment of 53.59 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine to be circulated in Lampung Province.

Unmitigated, the arrest of tens of kilograms of methamphetamine from Thailand's international network was carried out in the waters of North Sumatra when the suspects were making transactions.

The methamphetamine is wrapped in Chinese tea packaging. The disclosure was the result of the development of a case in January 2022 when the police arrested two perpetrators with seven kilograms of crystal methamphetamine in Bandar Lampung.