A trial has got underway for an Australian accused of possessing more than 100g of hashish in Bali.
The Denpasar District Court heard evidence against Queensland man Puridas Robinson, 40, on Thursday. He is looking at up to 12 years imprisonment in Indonesia if convicted.
Robinson was arrested in a house in Padang Sambian, Denpasar, after local authorities were tipped off by an alleged drug delivery courier in May.
The tip off came from an Indian man who had been arrested earlier for an attempt to smuggling more than 600g of marijuana into the Indonesian island.
He said Robinson ordered the marijuana but he has denied the accusations.
But a search of his house by Bali’s National Narcotic Agency (BNN) is alleged to have uncovered more than 100g of marijuana.
Bali Prosecutor Ni Putu Evy Widhiarini has charged Robinson with drug possession.
‘The defendant Puridas Robinson has committed the crime of planting, maintain, possess, store, control, or provide Narcotics Category I in the form of plants,’ prosecutor Evy alleged.
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15198459/Bali-Indonesia-Puridas-Robinson-drug-charge.html
