Surabaya, E Java (ANTARA News) - The Surabaya district court has sentenced two former police officers to six years imprisonment each in a case of drug abuse.

The two former officers of the Surabaya city police also faced a fine of Rp800 million or another three months in jail, judge of the Surabaya district court Haryanto said here on Tuesday.

The convicts, identified by their initials as DF and MS, planned to appeal against the verdict.

"We will appeal against it," the two convicts told a panel of judges.

The sentence is one year less than what the public prosecutor, Suseno from the Surabaya public prosecutors office, had earlier sought.

"I will also appeal against it," the public prosecutor said replying to a question from judge Hariyanto.

The two former police officers have been declared guilty of committing a conspiracy, possessing narcotics of type I.

Reported by Indra Setiawan

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