Courier 65 Kilograms Of International Network Methamphetamine Sentenced To Death In Pekanbaru District Court

Two defendant drug couriers were sentenced to death by the Panel of Judges of the Pekanbaru District Court. (ANTARA/HO-Kejari Pekanbaru)

PekanbarU - The Panel of Judges at the Pekanbaru District Court, Riau, sentenced two defendants to death in the distribution of narcotics from the international network Syadfiandi Adrianto and Alamsyah in accordance with the demands of the public prosecutor.

"That's right. The panel of judges chaired by Jefri M Harahap has read out the verdict online in the case, Monday (10/6)," said Head of the General Crimes Section (Pidum) of the Pekanbaru District Attorney (Kejari) M Arief Yunandi as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, June 12.

Arief explained that the judge in his decision agreed with the prosecutor's demands.

The judge stated that the two defendants had been legally and convincingly proven guilty of violating Article 114 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 132 paragraph (1) of Law (UU) Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics.

In their consideration, Arief continued, the panel of judges considered that there were no mitigating factors against the defendants who were drug couriers of the type of methamphetamine as much as 64 kilograms.

Meanwhile, the aggravating things, the judge agreed with the prosecutor's consideration, namely that the actions of the defendants were contrary to the government's program in eradicating narcotics trafficking and damaging the mentality of the younger generation.

The defendants were also involved in the national narcotics network and they had been sentenced to prison in a narcotics case. The defendants have twice been couriers for methamphetamine-type narcotics rickshaws according to the order of brother Abang who is currently still being chased.

The defendants received a salary of Rp. 5 million to work to help pick up and store the narcotics evidence. If all of them are successfully picked up, the defendants will be given a wage of Rp. 2 million per kilogram.

Based on this decision, the defendants immediately stated their attitude towards filing an appeal.