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Court orders rehabilitation for Australian drug defendant
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Guilty: Australian Isaac Emmanuel Roberts attends his drug abuse hearing at the Denpasar District Court on Wednesday. (JP/Zul Eduardo)
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he Denpasar District Court ordered authorities to provide medical and social rehabilitation for Australian Isaac Emmanuel Roberts who was found guilty of abusing drugs and possessing psychotropics at a hearing on Wednesday.
The sentence is much lighter than the 15 months imprisonment sought by prosecutors.
Presiding Judge IGN Putra Atmaja ordered Roberts to undergo rehabilitation at the Anargya Foundation, a drug rehabilitation center in Sanur, Denpasar, for 15 months.
Roberts was arrested upon his arrival at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport from Bangkok, Thailand, in 2017. He carried 14.2 grams of methamphetamine, 6.22 g of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy, and several packs of psychotropics in his bag.
He was found guilty of violating Article 127 (1) of Law No. 35/2009 on narcotics and Article 62 (1) of Law No. 5/1997 on psychotropics.
"The defendant's act contradicted with the government program on drug eradication," said Atmaja, explaining the factors that aggravated the defendant’s sentence.
Meanwhile, the judge also considered some mitigating factors. "The defendant was cooperative, admitted his act and promised not to repeat his act. The defendant is a drug user. It is not proven that he is a drug dealer," Atmaja said. (ebf)
