MEDAN - The Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Belawan District Attorney's Office (Kejari), North Sumatra, has demanded the death penalty for four defendants in the case of the circulation of 100 kilograms of methamphetamine.
"Asking the panel of judges to impose the death penalty on each of the defendants," said the Belawan District Attorney's Office prosecutor Daniel Surya Partogi Aritonang during the trial at the Medan District Court, Monday, January 5, reported by ANTARA.
Daniel said the four defendants were Zulkifli residents of East Aceh Regency who played the role of a dealer, Cut Salmia Ali residents of Langkat Regency as a controller.
Then, the couple Sudiharto and Kamalia residents of Langkat Regency who played the role of courier. The trial was attended by the defendants online.
According to the JPU, the actions of the defendants have fulfilled the elements of Article 114 paragraph (2) of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code, as the primary indictment.
The prosecutor assessed that the aggravating circumstances of the defendants' actions were extraordinary crimes, did not support the government's program in eradicating narcotics, and had the potential to damage the nation's generation.
JPU Daniel in the previous indictment letter stated that the case began with information obtained by the North Sumatra Police regarding a woman who was suspected of controlling the circulation of narcotics between provinces in large quantities in Medan City.
Based on the results of the investigation, on Monday (28/4/2025) at around 14.00 WIB, the defendant Cut Salmia Ali was arrested at the Grand Central Hotel, Jalan Sei Belutu, Medan Baru District.
"From the development results, the police seized 33 kilograms of methamphetamine stored in a car parked in the Jalan Gatot Subroto Medan area," he said.
Furthermore, the police arrested the defendant Zulkifli after it was found that he controlled the movement of the methamphetamine. From a search of a house in the Medan Selayang area, officers seized 39 kilograms of methamphetamine.
During the examination, the defendant Cut admitted that the methamphetamine belonged to M. Nidar (DPO) and he was ordered to find a courier to deliver the methamphetamine to Jakarta in exchange for Rp. 80 million.
Then, the defendant Cut also admitted that he ordered the defendants Sudiharto and Kamalia to deliver 28 kilograms of methamphetamine to Jakarta in exchange for Rp. 300 million.
"The confession was followed up by the police by arresting the defendants Sudiharto and Kamalia at the Merak Port, Banten, and confiscating 28 kilograms of methamphetamine as evidence," said Daniel.
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