Medan District Court Judge Sentenced Courier 2 Kg Of Shabu 20 Years In Prison

The presiding judge Sulhanuddin (left) read out the verdict at the Medan District Court, North Sumatra, Tuesday (27/2/2024). (ANTARA/M. Sahbainy Nasution)

The panel of judges at the Medan District Court, North Sumatra, sentenced the defendant Muhammad Raja Rabasanjhani to be a courier for two kilograms of methamphetamine.

"In addition, the defendant was also subject to a fine of Rp. 1 billion and if not paid, it would be replaced with 10 months in prison," said Chief Judge Sulhanuddin when reading the verdict reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, February 27.

In its ruling, the panel of judges declared that the defendant Muhammad Raja Rabasanjhani was proven and guilty of violating Article 114 paragraph (2) of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics.

The defendant Muhammad Raja Rabasanjhani legally and guilty of committing a criminal act without the right to become an intermediary for the sale and purchase of methamphetamine weighing two kilograms.

"The aggravating thing is that the defendant's actions do not support the government's program, which is currently active in eradicating drugs," he said.

The mitigating thing, continued Sulhanuddin, was that the defendant regretted his actions as an intermediary for the methamphetamine.

Meanwhile, the evidence in the form of methamphetamine weighing two kilograms, cell phones and other goods were confiscated by the state to be destroyed.

After reading the verdict, the panel of judges gave the defendant, the defendant's legal adviser and the public prosecutor (JPU) to think about it, accept or appeal the decision.

The verdict of the panel of judges is heavier than the demands of the North Sumatra Prosecutor's Office, Fransiska Penggabaean, who demanded that the defendant Muhammad Raja Rabasanjhani be sentenced to 18 years and a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to one year in prison.

In the indictment revealed, the defendant on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at X-Ray I Kualanmu International International Airport Terminal carried a bag containing two kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.

The defendant at that time contacted Pon to send a photoboarding pass or plane ticket to fly to Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi.

Then the North Sumatra Police Narcotics Directorate personnel who served at the airport, previously received information and conducted an investigation into the defendant from Aceh to Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi.