2 Couriers Carrying 50 Kg Of Methamphetamine From Aceh To Medan Sentenced To Death

MEDAN - The panel of judges at the Binjai District Court, North Sumatra, handed down a death sentence on 2 couriers of methamphetamine weighing 50 kilograms.

The panel of judges stated that the two defendants named Mujiburrahman alias Muji (22) and Fahrul Razi alias Fahrul were found guilty of violating Article 114 paragraph (2) RI Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics in conjunction with article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

"That is selling, buying, receiving, intermediary in buying and selling, exchanging, delivering or receiving Narcotics Category I (one) in the form of non-plants weighing more than 5 (five) grams without permission from the competent authorities", said the panel of judges, Teuku Syarafi, reading the verdict, Friday, May 20.

In their ruling, the panel of judges explained that the two defendants were burdensome for not supporting the government's program in eradicating narcotics crimes.

"While mitigating things were not found", said the assembly.

The decision of the panel of judges is the same as that of the Public Prosecutor (JPU) Benny Avalona Surbakti, who previously charged the two defendants with the death penalty. In response to the decision, both the defendants and the public prosecutor expressed their thoughts

Quoting the indictment of the Public Prosecutor, Benny Avalona Surbakti, that this case began on Sunday, November 21, 2021, at around 13.00 WIB, a team of personnel from the North Sumatra Police's Narcotics Directorate received information from the public about two men who brought and became intermediaries for buying and selling methamphetamine from Aceh province to Medan City, North Sumatra.

"In response to the information, the officers immediately conducted an investigation and at around 15.00 WIB, police officers arrived at Jalan Megawati, Sumber Karya Village, East Binjai District, Binjai City, North Sumatra", said Public Prosecutor Benny Avalona Surbakti.

The prosecutor said, when they arrived at the location, the officers saw the characteristics of the car according to the information obtained, then the police officers immediately took action by stopping 1 unit of a white Toyota Rush car with Police Number BL 1164 DD which was brought by the two defendants.

"When the officers examined the bodies, clothes, and items that were in the possession of the two defendants, the officers found 2 plastic burlap sacks of white lyrical color and blue containing 50 packs of Chinese tea brand Qing Shan in which it was suspected that it contained 50 kilograms of methamphetamine.

For their actions, the two defendants and evidence of methamphetamine weighing 50 kg were brought to the North Sumatra Police Narcotics Investigation Directorate for further proceedings.