Three Foreign Students Arrested in Bali Drug Bust
Jakarta Globe, Made Arya Kencana, July 01, 2010
In this file photo, Bali police and prosecutors set fires to marijuana seized by convicted Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby and heroin from the "Bali Nine." Police said on Wednesday that three foreign students had been arrested in possession of marijuana and hashish. They face up to four years in jail. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Three foreign students studying hotel management in Bali have been busted for possession of marijuana and hashish and are each facing the prospects of four years in jail.
Speaking during a news conference on Wednesday, Badung Police Chief Adjutant Sr. Comr. Dwi Suseno identified the students as Patrick Leland, 19, from the United States, Leon Vrielink, 21, from the Netherlands, and Mischa Karsen, 19, from Germany.
The trio and two Indonesian friends, identified as Ari Ibrahim and Nandin, were allegedly arrested in their rented house on Jalan Belubuh in North Kuta on Monday night.
Dwi said police confiscated 820 grams of marijuana and 4.6 grams of hashish.
He said the raid was the culmination of a month-long police operation undertaken after a tip-off.
“Their urine tests were positive for drugs. They said the marijuana and hashish came from Lombok and Jakarta,” Dwi said.
The students, studying international hospitality (hotel) management at Stenden University’s Bali campus, are currently being detained at Badung Police headquarters.
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