Indonesian authorities said yesterday that they have arrested six people on drug charges on the tourist island of Bali since July.
Four could face execution under the country’s strict drug laws.
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.
Police later arrested two Indonesians on accusations of ordering the drugs from Thailand.
All four could face execution by firing squad if charged and found guilty.
Authorities also announced the July arrests of two European men on drug charges.
A Latvian man, carrying 450.41 grams of hashish and 977.83 grams of marijuana concealed in his suitcase. Sudrajat said VS had a tattoo indicating affiliation with organized crime groups in the former Soviet Union. And 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.
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