Court tries narcotics user<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A man was tried at the Central Jakarta District
\nCourt yesterday for consuming marijuana, possessing another 2.5
\ngrams of the drug and stealing a shaver at SOGO department store
\nin Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Twenty-two year old Yudi Hermawan was accused of buying and
\nusing the contraband with his friend Mahdi Kusuma last December,
\nwhose trial for the same offense took place in a separate hearing
\nlast week<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Elly told the judges that Yudi and Mahdi were
\ncaught by SOGO security guards for stealing the shaver. The two
\nmen appeared to be high on drugs when they committed the crime.
\nLater the guards found two envelopes of dried marijuana in the
\ntwo suspects' pockets.<\/p>\n
The men had allegedly bought the marijuana in Baturaja,
\nCentral Jakarta, for Rp 25,000 (US$11.3) and used some of it
\nbefore they went to the store.<\/p>\n
If found guilty, Yudi may be sentenced to a maximum of seven
\nyears imprisonment. (03)<\/p>",
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