Man gets four years in drug case

Man gets four years in drug case

PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan: A 40-year-old welder in the town of Sampit, Central Kalimantan, was sentenced on Monday to four years in prison for the possession of 10 ecstasy pills.

The panel of judges at the Palangkaraya District Court ruled that Tong Sak Khian, alias Arifin, was guilty of the possession of narcotics.

The court also fined the defendant Rp 150 million, or an additional month in jail.

The defendant was arrested at the Bintang Hotel in Palangkaraya on Dec. 9 last year. Arifin said he accepted the verdict and would not file an appeal. --Antara