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Indonesian police arrest an Australian man for allegedly smuggling cocaine to Bali
- Indonesian authorities arrested Lamar Aaron Ahchee, a 43-year-old Australian man, on May 22 in Bali for allegedly smuggling 1.7 kilograms of cocaine near Kuta beach.
- The arrest came after Bali Police anti-drug units uncovered that Ahchee had taken delivery of a pair of questionable parcels mailed from England.
- Police confiscated 206 plastic bags of cocaine, a digital scale, and a mobile phone during the arrest of Ahchee, whom Bali Police Chief Daniel Adityajaya identified as being involved in the trafficking or importation of high-grade narcotics.
- Adityajaya reported that Ahchee informed authorities he received instructions from someone he called 'Boss' to manage the drug packages and was offered payment equivalent to 50 million rupiah for his role.
- Ahchee faces serious charges under Indonesia’s stringent drug legislation, where penalties include life imprisonment or capital punishment, and numerous foreign nationals are currently on death row for comparable offenses.
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Lamar Aaron Ahchee, 43, was arrested on 22 May following the search of his rented house in Kuta, a popular tourist destination in Indonesia. He faces the death penalty in a country where anti-narcotics legislation is among the most severe in the world.
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On the Indonesian island of Bali, a tourist from Australia is threatened with the death penalty. The 43-year-old is said to have hidden 1.5 kilos of cocaine in his apartment in Lutschern.
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