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)