Indonesian police said some of the five foreigners who have been arrested for alleged drug smuggling on the tourist island of Bali since the end of November will face the death penalty if they are convicted.
Five foreigners, from Peru, Britain, China, Malaysia and Germany, were paraded by police at a news conference on Thursday in Denpasar in Bali.
The accused, all individual men whose cases are not related, have been arrested since November 30 this year.
The drugs allegedly seized from the men included four kilograms of cocaine, as well as marijuana, ecstasy and ketamine.
Indonesia has strict drug laws and dozens of convicted smugglers are currently on death row.
The last executions in the country happened in July 2016, when an Indonesian national and three foreigners were shot by a firing squad.
Two Australians, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, who were the ringleaders of the Bali Nine drug smuggling group, were executed on April 29, 2015.
A police statement said the four kilograms of cocaine was smuggled by a Peruvian citizen in the lining of his suitcase and had a value of about 10.2 billion rupiah ($AU969,000).
A British man was arrested for allegedly receiving nearly 31 kilograms of cannabis oil in the mail and a German man for allegedly trying to smuggle 2.6 kilograms of hashish on a flight from Bangkok.
Police said the Chinese citizen was arrested with 200 ecstasy tablets and ketamine powder, and the Malaysian man had small quantities of synthetic cannabis and ecstasy.
Source: The Associated Press, December 13, 2018
British designer faces death penalty in Bali after being found with cannabis oil
The 45-year-old man, named only as PMH, was reportedly arrested after receiving a package containing CBD oil from an address in Thailand
A Brit is facing the death penalty in Bali after being accused of smuggling drugs into the country, Indonesian officials say.
The 45-year-old man, who has not been named, was collared after he received a package containing bottles of cannabis oil from Thailand, it is claimed.
The man appeared at a Bali police station on Thursday alongside 4 other foreign men accused of trafficking drugs.
His initials were given as PMH and he is reportedly a designer from England.
The other men paraded for the cameras were from China, Germany, Malaysia and Peru.
All 5 were arrested separately over the past fortnight and were made to wear orange jumpsuits and black masks during the press conference.
Indonesia has strict drug laws, and it routinely executes people convicted of smuggling or dealing.
Local media said the Brit was arrested after a package from Thailand was intercepted at a post office in Renon, Bali, on November 30.
Police claim the package was addressed to the British man, and an X-ray revealed that it contained two bottles with a yellowish, thick liquid, Merdeka reports.
The liquid, weighing over 30kg, was tested and it was confirmed to be cannabis, according to Balinese cops.
CBD cannabis oil is a substance extracted from the cannabis plant by steam distillation.
Cannabis oil is usually consumed orally, and has a very distinct taste.
This low-concentrate version of the oil is available to buy in the UK and is not illegal.
Products in the UK are required to contain less than 0.05% THC.
THC (or Tetrahydrocannabinol) is the psychoactive component in cannabis that makes users feel "high".
There have been high profile calls for higher concentration oil to be made legal.
Cannabis oil can be beneficial in a variety of ways, from helping promote sleep to boosting appetite and reducing stress, anxiety and depression.
It is also said to have skincare benefits, such as preventing signs of ageing and protecting against eczema and psoriasis, so can also be applied to the surface of the skin.
Doctors in England, Wales and Scotland have been able to prescribe cannabis-derived medicine from November 1, 2018.
Earlier this year Holland and Barrett recently started stocking Dutch brand Jacob Hooy's CBD (cannabidiol) oil.
They advise on their packaging: "CBD+ Oil has a 'distinctive' taste - have a small drink of water after taking the oil and the taste will be gone within 30 seconds."
Officers said the package was sent by someone with the initials HP.
The 44-year-old Peruvian national, named as Jorge Rafael Albornoz Gammara, was arrested after he arrived at Ngurah Rai international airport from Dubai last week.
He was hiding 4.08 kilograms of cocaine inside the interior of his luggage, AFP reported.
Frank Zeidler, 56, of Germany, is accused of smuggling 2.1 kilograms of hashish inside his luggage on a flight from Bangkok.
Cui Bao Lin, 29, from China was arrested at the airport on Saturday with more than 200 ecstasy pills and more than 160 grams of ketamine found in his bag, police said.
Hamdi Izham Hakimi, from Malaysia, was arrested the same day with a bag containing nearly 15 grams of marijuana and 11 ecstasy pills, according to authorities.
Source: themirror.co.uk, December 13, 2018
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