Australian accused of drug smuggling faces Bali court

Prosecutors in Bali have detailed their case against an Australian man accused of attempting to smuggle hashish and methamphetamines into Indonesia. Prosecutors told a court in Denpasar that Edward Norman Myatt was caught at the international airport after he made a customs officer suspicious. He was detained and taken for an x-ray which revealed a large number of capsules in his stomach. Immigration officials allegedly recovered more than seventy capsules, containing over a kilogram of hashish and around four and a half grams of methamphetamine. The prosecutors allege Mr Myatt has already confessed to buying the drugs from a British man in India. The charge carries a maximum death penalty. The trial continues. Another Australian man, Michael Sacatides, was sentenced to 18 years in prison last year for importing 1.7 kilograms of methamphetamine.