2 Owners Of 9 Kg Cannabis Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison In Denpasar District Court

DOK ANTARA/PN Denpasar

DENPASAR - Two owners of marijuana weighing 9 kg named Rizky Putra (39) and Yanuar Efendi alias Yance (35) were sentenced to 10 years in prison in a virtual trial at the Denpasar District Court, Bali.

"At the trial, the judge sentenced him to 10 years, a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to six months in prison," said the defendant's legal adviser, Desi Purnani Adam, who was accompanying the trial at the Denpasar District Court, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, September 29.

In a trial with a decision agenda led by a panel of judges I Wayan Sukradana stated that the defendant has been legally and convincingly proven guilty without rights or against the law of possessing, storing, controlling and providing narcotics class I in the form of plants weighing more than 1 kilogram or more than 5 trees. .

"For their actions, the two defendants are subject to Article 111 paragraph (2) of the RI Law No. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics in the prosecutor's second indictment," said Desi when met at the Denpasar District Court.

Desi said the judge's decision was lighter than the demands of the Public Prosecutor (JPU) who previously demanded 12 years in prison for the two defendants, a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to six months in prison.

Previously, it was known that the two defendants were arrested by BNNK Badung officers at a laundry place on Jalan Raya Pandu, Dalung, North Kuta, Badung, Thursday, April 29, 2021 at around 19:00 WITA.

There was also evidence that was found from the two defendants in the form of marijuana packages weighing 9,127.92 grams or 9 kilograms, belonging to Taro which was sent from Medan.

Then, the defendant Yanuar Efendi alias Yance offered Rizky Putra to receive the package for Rp. 2 million. With several predefined delivery destinations.

After being interrogated, Rizky Putra admitted that what was in the sack was marijuana, and that it belonged to Yanuar Efendi alias Yance. After that, the Badung BNNK investigation team chased the defendant Yanuar, and at that time he admitted that the marijuana items were obtained from Medan.