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Nobody smuggles pot to indonesia: corby is innocent
Why Australian marijuana is a big hit in BaliSNIP------- The Balinese drug dealer, who would not be named, said that while there was a lot of marijuana for sale, "it's hard for foreigners to get access to it" because they were fearful of getting caught. "It's safer for foreigners to bring their own. It's been happening for quite some time and it's not only marijuana." While he was aware of the importation of marijuana from Australia, he said it was more common for foreigners to bring in hashish or other drugs. While a number of foreigners have been arrested for trafficking or possessing hashish, Bali police say the marijuana found in Corby's luggage was the first incidence in which they have found the drug being brought into Bali from another country. ---- Despite this article's attempt to make it sound plausible that Schapelle Corby could have had a motive for bringing marijuana to Bali it hasn't washed with ordinary Australians for very good reason: it doesn't ring true. IT's crap that drug dealers can command such high prices for ' quality ' pot in Bali. The drugs planted in Schapelle's bag could be bought in Bali for less than A$100. Hardly something to risk your life for. So many Aussies have been to Bali and know what it is like there that we don't buy this argument. The writer admits that this is the first ever time... with all those other drug smugglers caught by the Indos, why do you reckon they'd have NO other documented cases? It's because drugs are routinely smuggled OUT of Bali - not into it! In answer to yesterday's questions: Cybersarge - did she request drug screening? YES - the test came back negative, she had no trace of any drug in her blood. The Indos didn't care. Dave: Baggage handler drug smuggling ring WEREN'T trying to smuggle pot to indonesia. Two theories exist: 1) They bungled while they were trying to smuggle it from Brisbane to Sydney, 2) They planted it as a diversion to the much bigger cocaine shipment that came in the very hour Schapelle was flying out - diverts attention, sniffer dogs etc. It is a matter of public record this drug smuggling ring was working at Brisbane and Sydney airports the day and the hour that Schapelle left. The whistleblower prisoner who testified IN BALI that there was a drug ring operating among baggage handlers was later stabbed YES, baggage has been tampered with before and YES drugs have been put in people's bags before. One couple came out on Australian TV just this week claiming exactly the same thing had happened to them. They got to Bali and found drugs in their bag they had no knowledge of. They reported it to the Australian consulate, where an officer told them to flush it down the toilet. Very unprofessional. In other news from the wires: Indonesian-based hackers have been attacking Schapelle-supporting websites such as www.dontshootschapelle.com and www.SchapelleCorby.com in an eerie echo of the web attacks Indonesia launched on Malaysia in January this year when they faced off over a disputed island between the Muslim nations. Hack attack attempts have been traced back to servers in Indonesia. The reason Schapelle gets so much support isn't because she is young and pretty but because people think she is innocent and has been dealt with unjustly. It could have been anyone. When she made her final plea before sentencing there wasn't even an interpreter in the room so the three Indonesian judges couldn't even understand her words. This is not justice. For all the sycophancy about "respecting" the indonesian legal system, it has PROVED it doesn't deserve our respect. It has rested on the presumption of guilt and expected her to prove her innocence. this is ridiculous. Posted by: anon1 2005-05-31 |
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