Officials said on Monday that Denpasar: Indonesian authorities arrested an Australian man for alleged smuggling on Bali’s tourist island for smuggling cocaine, an allegation that can give death sentence, officials said on Monday. There are extremely strict drug laws in the South East Asian country, and guilty smugglers are sometimes killed by firing squad. 43 -year -old Lamar Aaron Ahche of Cairns, North Queensland, was arrested on May 22, when the police raided their rented house near Kuta Beach, a popular tourist place, and a 206 clip plastic bag seized 1.7 kg (3.7 pound) cocaine in a 206 clip plastic bag, with a digital scale and cellular phone, said Bala Police Head Daniel Editage. After the arrest, Bali police said after an investigation conducted by the anti -drug monitoring teams, who reported that the person had received two suspicious packages sent by England. Adityaaya said at a news conference in the provincial capital Denpasar, “They are suspicious of import or distribution of class 1 drug.” “He is threatened with death sentence or life imprisonment.” Adityaaya said that preliminary investigation has revealed that Australians ordered a motorcycle taxi driver on May 21 through Grab online service to take two packages at a post office in Denpasar. The driver was asked to hand over two packages to the motorcycle taxi driver from another online service, which was ordered to be sent to the house of Ahche, Adityaaya said. Adityaaya said that the suspect told the officials during a police interrogation that he was asked by someone he had referred to as “boss”, taking package and distributing it in Bali. He was promised 50 million rupees ($ 3,000) to handle cocaine. The police presented the accused at the news conference on Monday. He was wearing an orange captive jumpsuit and a buff mask, in which his hands handcuffed. The man did not make any statement. One of his lawyers, Edward Pangkahila said that his team would interrogate his client during the police “to see the progress of the investigation.” Pangkahila said, “He is not the owner of cocaine, he is just a dealer.” The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says that Indonesia is a major drug-somangling hub despite some strict drug laws in the world, as international drug syndicates target their youth population. On Tuesday, Denpasar district court has been set to read a decision against Thomas Parker, a British citizen, which was arrested on January 21, when he allegedly collected a package containing drugs from the motorcycle taxi driver. Indonesian authorities arrested an Argentina woman and a British man in March in March for smuggling 324 grams (0.7 pound) cocaine on Bali’s tourist island. Around 530 people, including 96 foreigners, are on a row in Indonesia, mostly for crimes related to drugs, the Ministry of Immunity and the correction data has been shown. The final execution of Indonesian and three foreigners was done in July 2016.
