Man jailed for selling marijuana

Man jailed for selling marijuana

MEDAN, North Sumatra: A man has been sentenced to three years
in jail and fined Rp 300,000 (US$35) for selling marijuana in the
city.

Judge Kilmar Saragih, who presided over the district court
session, said Saturday that defendant Syueb received a stiff
sentence because he was proven guilty of violating the Narcotics
Law enacted last year.

Prosecutor T. Othmansyah had sought a sentence of four years.

Saragih said that Syueb and a woman, the owner of the
marijuana, were arrested in October last year when they were
making a transaction for five kilograms of the illegal drug with
a prospective buyer.

Syueb had apparently been asked by the woman to seek buyers
with a promise of payment of hundreds of thousands of rupiah.
(rms)