11.   Syamsu said the servicemen were charged after urine tests proved they had consumed the drug.

12.   The defendants asked the court for lighter sentences and promised not to consume the drug again.

13.   The military government has sought to shift blame to Western countries that consume the drugs, saying they are driving the market.

14.   The tests proved they had consumed the drug, she said.

15.   Drug-producing nations should pass judgment on those countries that consume drugs, Panamanian President Ernesto Perez Balladares said Saturday.