12 foreigners fail drug tests in Bali

12 foreigners fail drug tests in Bali

DENPASAR, Bali (JP): The police have released one of 13
foreign tourists arrested in Sunday's drug bust and named the
rest suspects.

David Uza, a 35-year-old French national, was discharged from
the Badung Police detention after he passed a urine test, the
local police chief, Supt. DBM Suharya, said on Wednesday.

"The laboratory tests found traces of hashish in the urine
samples of the other 12 people. There were no traces of cocaine.
Only David Uzan's sample was clean," Suharya said.

The Frenchman was released early Wednesday morning.

The tourists were arrested in the early hours of Sunday for an
alleged drugs orgy at a rented bungalow in Krobokan, five
kilometers north of Kuta. The police also seized 13.2 grams of
hashish and cocaine in the operation.

The group included seven French nationals (not nine as
reported earlier), three Italians, one Swiss and one Moroccan.

"This is not the way to treat the people who love your
country, are on holiday and spending money," one of the suspects,
French designer Christian Audigier, told reporters.

He denied the accusation, saying that many people came and
went during the party. He said he would like to contest the urine
test result since he was not present in the laboratory when the
test was conducted.

"In France or the U.S. you have to confirm, witness, and watch
the test procedure," he said.

Another suspect, Christophe Pauvat, claimed that it was
impossible for him to smoke anything since he had tuberculosis.

Pauvat, who admitted to having several surgeries due to his
illness, showed a copy of a medical letter to back his claim.

Chief of Badung Police detectives Sr. Insp. Husein Abubakar
refuted Pauvat's claim, saying that the urine test result clearly
showed hashish and no other drugs.

If convicted, under Indonesian law, the suspects face a
maximum of 10 years imprisonment for illegal use and possession
of drugs. (zen)