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Tue, 12/29/2009 - 18:39
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Australian may face drug charge in Bali

An Australian man has been arrested at Bali airport after customs officers found two
grams of marijuana in his luggage.
Robert Paul McJannett, 48, was arrested after arriving in Bali with his adult son on
a Virgin Blue flight from Perth on Monday night.
Bali police allege McJannett was carrying the marijuana in a plastic bag in socks in
his luggage.
The head of the Bali Police Drugs Squad, Colonel Kokot Indarto, said police intended
to charge McJannett with article 112 of the narcotics law for carrying drugs from
abroad, which carries a penalty of more than five years' jail.
"Because he carried more than two grams, this could not be indicated as users
because users limitation is only 0.15 gram. That's why he's aimed with carrying
drugs," Indarto said on Tuesday.
Airport customs official Bagus Endro Wibowo said McJannett had initially been
uncooperative following his arrest.
"He even ran with the marijuana and tried to flush it in toilet but the officers
managed to avoid it," Wibowo said.

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