The Bengkulu District Court (PN) panel of judges sentenced Iptu YW to a police officer serving at the Central Bengkulu Police for seven years in prison related to the case of drug abuse of methamphetamine weighing 3.32 grams. "The defendant was proven to have controlled 3.32 grams of crystal methamphetamine and sentenced the defendant to 7 years in prison," said Bengkulu District Court Chief Judge Ivorne Tiurma Rismauli, quoted by ANTARA on Tuesday, March 21. In addition to the sentence of seven years in prison, the defendant YW was also fined Rp1 billion in cash with a subsidiary of 6 months in prison. He said the article was proven, namely Article 112 Paragraph (1) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics. Previously, the Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Bengkulu High Prosecutor's Office, Wenharnol, demanded that the defendant YW be sentenced to six years in prison and a fine of Rp1 billion, subsidiary to 6 months in prison. "The defendant was proven to control the methamphetamine weighing 3.32 grams and violated Article 112 Paragraph (1) RI Law No.35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics," he said. Previously, the defendant Iptu YW was arrested by members of the Paminal Polda Bengkulu on October 26, 2022 while sitting on his terrace at the Benteng Police Dormitory in Kembang Seri Village, Talang Empat District, Central Bengkulu Regency.
During a search, the Bengkulu Police found one package of methamphetamine in his pants pocket and when his house was searched, 3.32 grams of crystal methamphetamine was found. The trial will continue next week with a defense agenda.
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