Officer dismissed over Ecstasy

Officer dismissed over Ecstasy

UJUNGPANDANG, S. Sulawesi: The Ujungpandang military tribunal
dismissed Capt. Leonardo Uiyana from the police force and
sentenced him to two years and three months imprisonment for
abusing and trafficking Ecstasy pills.

Leonardo was arrested last January in his office at the South
Sulawesi provincial police traffic department. Police seized
seven pills and Rp 1.6 million (US$457), which was allegedly the
cash he received from selling the drugs.

Leonardo, a graduate of the Police Academy in Semarang in
1988, was found guilty Thursday of using and distributing the
drug since November last year, according to the tribunal presided
over by Col. L.H. Muldy.

Leonardo was said to have received 400 pills for Rp 30,000
each from an acquaintance, identified only as Aleks, in Jakarta.
He sold the pills for Rp 40,000 each. (37)