Brothers get 5 and 6 years for drugs

Brothers get 5 and 6 years for drugs

TANGERANG: The Tangerang District Court sentenced on Tuesday
two brothers to five and six years jail respectively, for illegal
possession of 8.5 kilograms of marijuana, delivered by a man from
Banda Aceh in June.

Presiding judge Zainal Arifin said that the defendants,
Irwandi Ibrahim and Junaidi Ibrahim, residents at Jl. Kenari I
No. 4, Kramat Raya, Central Jakarta were found guilty of
receiving the drugs that arrived at the Soekarno-Hatta
International Airport on June 4.

Zainal said that the two defendants had disregard the
government campaign against drug abuse and the mitigating factors
were that they had been polite and honest while in court and had
never had any prior convictions.

Earlier prosecutor Zainabun charged the defendants with
violating Article 82 of the Law No. 22/1997 on drug abuse and had
demanded a seven-year jail term each for the defendants. The
Article carries a maximum punishment of death.

The defendants were arrested at their house in Central Jakarta
after an airport customs and excise officer found the drugs in an
airport domestic delivery warehouse.

Both defendants stated they would not appeal since they
accepted the court verdict.--JP