Courier 116 Grams Of Marijuana In Medan Demanded 11 Years In Prison

North Sumatra Prosecutor's Office Sri Delyanti read out the memorandum of demand (left) at the Medan District Court, North Sumatra, Tuesday (15/8/2023). ANTARA/M Sahbainy Nasution.

The Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the North Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati North Sumatra) charged the defendant Bobby Arvian, a resident of Medan Helvetia, Medan City, for 11 years in a marijuana case weighing 116 grams.

"Ask the panel of judges to sentence them to 11 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to six months in prison," said Public Prosecutor Sri Delyanti at the Medan District Court as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, August 15.

The prosecutor assessed that the defendant violated as regulated and threatened with criminal penalties Article 114 paragraph (1) of the Republic of Indonesia Law No. 35 of 2009 concerning narcotics, as the primary indictment, namely without rights or against the law offering to sell, sell, buy, accept, become intermediaries in buying and selling, exchanging and handing over narcotics class I in the form of marijuana-type narcotics weighing 116 grams.

"The aggravating thing is that the defendant does not support the government's program in eradicating narcotics, while the mitigating thing is that the defendant regrets his actions, and promises not to do the same thing and be polite at trial," said Delyanti.

After reading the memorandum of demand, the panel of judges chaired by As'Ad Rahim Lubis postponed the trial with the agenda of reading the defendant's defense (pledoi) next week.

Delyanti said that in the indictment on May 26, 2023, the North Sumatra Police's Narcotics Investigation Directorate team received information on Jalan Kelambir, Medan Helvetia District, Medan City.

After that, the officers made observations of the defendant, then the police officers conducted a search at the defendant's house where 57 packages of marijuana were found weighing a total of 116 grams.