Ambon District Court Sentences Reno Pattiasina 8 Years In Prison Fines Rp1 Billion In Case 22 Packages Of Marijuana

The Ambon District Court Panel of Judges sentenced the defendant Reno Pattiasina to eight years in prison in a drug abuse case, in Ambon, Tuesday (16/1/2024). ANTARA/Daniel L.

AMBON - The panel of judges at the Ambon District Court (PN), Maluku, sentenced Reno Pattiasina, a defendant in a drug abuse case for possessing 22 packages of marijuana, with eight years in prison. "Declaring that the defendant is legally and convincingly proven guilty of violating Article 114 paragraph (1) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning the eradication of narcotics," said Chairman of the Ambon District Court Panel of Judges Orpa Marthina accompanied by two member judges in Ambon, Antara, Tuesday, January 16. "The defendant was also sentenced to pay a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to six months in prison," said the panel of judges. The panel of judges said that there were also things that weighed on the defendant. First, it does not support the government's program to prevent drug abuse and the defendant has been convicted in the same case, aka recidivist. "Meanwhile, the mitigating thing is that the defendant was polite in the trial and admitted his actions," he said. The panel of judges stated that evidence in the form of 22 clear plastics contained leaves, stems, and dried seeds in the form of narcotics class one type of cannabis plant sent by a person named Mei Leatemia from Jakarta through a freight forwarding company confiscated and confiscated to be destroyed. The verdict of the panel of judges is also the same as the demands of the Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Maluku High Prosecutor's Office, Senia Pentury, who in the previous trial charged the defendant with eight years in prison. Based on this decision, the defendant through his legal advisor Dino Huliselan from the Maluku Humanum Institute stated that he accepted, so the panel of judges stated that this decision already had permanent legal force.

Previously, local police officers arrested a defendant named Aliandro who claimed to have bought drugs from the defendant Reno Pattiaasina in mid-2023, then the person concerned admitted that there was still other evidence at his house.