2 drug traffickers escape death penalty
Laurentiu Marian Peity, 32, had his charge for trafficking in 3.2 kilograms of methamphetamine reduced to possession, while unemployed Herman Basri was discharged and acquitted by the Federal Court of trafficking in 872 grams of cannabis.
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