Australian boy, 14, held on Bali drugs charge (possession of marijuana)

[alp227]

Source: AP

Australia is trying to secure the return of a 14-year-old boy arrested in Indonesia for alleged marijuana possession, the Australian foreign minister has said.

The boy has been held at Denpasar police headquarters in Bali since he was arrested on Tuesday accused of buying a small quantity of marijuana from a man on Kuta beach.

His lawyer, Muhammad Rifan, said he faced a maximum sentence of six years in an adult prison if convicted of possessing 7g of marijuana, which under Indonesian law is treated the same as heroin or cocaine.

Kevin Rudd, the Australian foreign minister, said he had sent Australia's ambassador to Denpasar. "I've indicated to him that his number one priority in the immediate period ahead is how we support this young boy and his family and do everything we can to obtain his early return to Australia," Rudd told reporters in Sydney.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/07/australian-boy-bali-drug-charge

[AndyTiedye]

1. Way to Eff Up Your Tourist Industry, Indonesia

[midnight]

2. K&R

[lib2DaBone]

3. The War on Drugs ties foreign aid money to enforcment of petty drug laws...

The DEA is active all over the globe.. and Mr. Obama has ramped up the war against cancer patients using medical MJ.

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended to illustrate more draconian insanity.

Thanks for the thread, alp.