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Two soldiers get life for trafficking 75 kg of meth, 40,000 ecstasy pills
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he Medan Military Court in North Sumatra sentenced on Monday two Army soldiers to life imprisonment for trafficking 40,000 ecstasy pills and 75 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine in December.
Yalpin Tarzun and Rian Hermawan were also dishonorably discharged from the military.
Presiding judge Col. Asril Siagian in his verdict said the defendants violated the Narcotics Law and the Criminal Code.
The prosecutors had previously demanded the death penalty.
Asril said the severe sentence was because the defendants had violated the government’s attempt to fight against drugs, adding that both of them understood drugs were illegal and their actions could damage many people’s lives.
Asril cited the defendants' guilty pleas as a mitigating factor.
The two were arrested by the police while carrying the contraband from Tanjung Balai to Medan on Dec. 5, 2022.
They were delivering the drugs to dealers Yogi Saputra Dewa and Syahril Bin Syamsudin, who were later arrested at a hotel in Medan. (dre/gev)
