Confiscated drugs destroyed in Bali

DENPASAR, Bali: The prosecutors office in Bali destroyed yesterday 118 grams of heroin, 11 grams of hashish and 10,600 Ecstasy pills confiscated in various drug raids in the past few months.

The head of the prosecutors office, Made Suwinda, symbolically lit a bonfire to burn the contraband substances in a ceremony witnessed by provincial and military officials.

The confiscated narcotics had been used as evidence in the trials of 37 suspects, three of whom were foreigners.

Those convicted of possessing and using illegal drugs can be sentenced to at least four years in prison and fined Rp 150 million (US$44,100). (mds)