4 people could face the death penalty after drug arrests on Bali

Indonesian authorities said Tuesday that they have arrested six people on drug charges on the tourist island of Bali since July

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.Two Thai nationals, Rachanon Jongseeha, 33, and his girlfriend Woranawan Wongsuwan, 31, were arrested upon arrival at Bali's Ngurah Rai airport on Sept. 8, with 1.

9 kilograms of methamphetamines mixed with ecstasy powder packed in 108 sachets of a fruit-flavored collagen drink, and 20 pills of the party drug ecstasy, according to provincial anti-narcotics chief Rudy Ahmad Sudrajat.All four could face execution by firing squad if charged and found guilty, Sudrajat said. In Nov.



Sudrajat said VS had a tattoo indicating affiliation with organized crime groups in the former Soviet Union.A Swedish man identified by the initials SUE was captured on July 31 when police raided his villa in Gianyar, a popular tourist spot, and seized 201.28 grams of hashish, following a tip that SUE had received a suspicious package by mail from Thailand, Sudrajat said.

He faces up to 15 years on charges of possession. Indonesia has dozens of convicted drug smugglers on death row. Its last executions were carried out in July 2016, whenon Lombok, an island next to Bali, for smuggling 3 kilograms of ecstasy before a higher court commuted his sentence to 19 years in prison.

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