82 Year Old American Man Tried For Using Marijuana

82 Year Old American Man Tried For Using Marijuana – US citizen, Britt Rodney Kennard (82) is tried in the Denpasar District Court for Using 1.80 Gram Net Cannabis.
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Denpasar – A foreigner from the United States, Britt Rodney Kennard (82) was tried for using 1.80 gram net cannabis narcotics in Indonesia without a permit from the authorities. Kennard claimed to use marijuana for health according to ‘a’ letter from the Arizona Health Service.
“Against the defendant as a group I narcotics abuser in the form of marijuana for himself”, explained the Public Prosecutor, I Wayan Sutarta in the second indictment at the Denpasar District Court, Tuesday (1/7/2020).
In the trial presided over by I Wayan Kawisada, Britt Rodney Kennard was charged with two articles namely, Article 111 paragraph (1) of RI Law No. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics and Article 127 paragraph (1) letter a of RI Law No. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics.
Prosecutor Wayan Sutarta explained his indictment that the incident began on 25 September 2019 at 11.30 CIT when the defendant took a parcel from the United States at the Renon Branch Post Office, Denpasar.
“At that time the defendant asked the Post Office employees about the package he owned by notifying the number of the shipment of goods, then the defendant received the package and paid a shipping fee of IDR 20 thousand”, he explained.
The prosecutor said that after the defendant left the Post Office, the defendant was suddenly visited by Bali Regional Police officers for a search.
Based on the results of the search, one cardboard box containing four clear glass ampoules containing a yellow liquid type of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and two suction tools.
“That the defendant used cannabis narcotics only for health and the defendant is undergoing treatment and treatment programs in his country the United States by having an Arizona Medical Marijuana Program card”, the prosecutor said.
Defendant Britt Rodney Kennard who is a private retiree in the business sector and his lawyer did not file an objection to the indictment of the Public Prosecutor. The trial was continued by presenting witnesses from the police.
82 Year Old American Man Tried For Using Marijuana
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