Come on..... It's the oldest scam on the island.

You buy a bag of lawn clippings from the dodgy bloke in the street, his mate the cop up the road is on the deal. He busts you. You're going to jail unless you come up with a couple of hundred, maybe it's a couple of grand now.

You pay the money, realize you were an idiot and get on with your holiday.

You do not not pay, you do not call the media. Unfortunately now the Indos lose face if the charges just disappear, these people have gone the wrong way about it.

Think Michelle Leslie versus Schappelle. One paid, she came home, the other didn't.

CMC said...

Come on..... It's the oldest scam on the island.

You buy a bag of lawn clippings from the dodgy bloke in the street, his mate the cop up the road is on the deal. He busts you. You're going to jail unless you come up with a couple of hundred, maybe it's a couple of grand now.

You pay the money, realize you were an idiot and get on with your holiday.

You do not not pay, you do not call the media. Unfortunately now the Indos lose face if the charges just disappear, these people have gone the wrong way about it.

Think Michelle Leslie versus Schappelle. One paid, she came home, the other didn't.

True,I've been going over there for years,been offered heaps of drugs on the street.This kid was set up for sure!
Last December I was there on a boys trip and my son and his mate got robbed of two i-phones and wallets,went to the police station to report it for insurance reasons only and was greeted by this very cocky cop.Behind the desk there's a massive sign stating,We are here to service you free of charge!
After an hour of fixing all his mistakes we said thanks to this nob cop.He said hmm maybe you pay me for service,I pointed to the sign and asked him why should I?He replied good for me and could be good for you,I took this as some kind of threat and gave him 5 AUS.After that god help anyone who gets in trouble over there.

Damn Bali cops... last time I was there, stupid mother farker cop extorted money from me for "supposedly" having my motorcycle front tire over the white line at some traffic light... said I had to go with him to the station if I didn't pay a fine there and then... I had a couple pills, weed and shrooms on me so I didn't argue... he clocked me coming out of club 66.

If it is that easy to do, set someone up, then you have to consider whether in fact that was the case.

Who could potentially gain from this?

We all know how this is going to play out. The media are going to have a field day for as long as it lasts so they have to go to the top of the list. Then you have to consider anyone who may want to distract the media away from current events in Australia. Must be a few of them. The legal profession will make a bomb out of it. The anti marujuana mob have a barrow to push. Plenty of dissaffected muslims over there.

And then again it may just be circumstance

Can't help feeling sorry for the little bugger. He must be terrified.

BALI = Cheap
CHEAP = Ya get what ya pay for mostly
BALI WATER = Hell on fire for your guts then arse
BALI OFFICIALDOM = Corrupt the lot of them
rather go to the islands off QLD and spend me shekels in Oz ... just lashed out on a wood fired pizza oven so none of that for a while tho ...

His age will probably save his juvenile arse-sounds like he knew what he was buying tho , we all make stuffups when young and ....

It's not the families they target for that (the hawkers will target ya with crappy watches etc) I think we ALL know by now what pitfalls exist in Balibelly narcotics-wise

Everybody knows it is a virtual third world country with corrupt justice system and everyone knows they are harsh on drugs. Whether the young fella bought mull or was scammed he gets the punishment that Bali has always dealt out do I dont feel sorry for him at all

I'm just saying that if his parents and him were a little wiser to the ways of Asia they could have handed over the money in 'fines' and none of us would have known about it.

They have taken it public giving the Indo's no way to back down at this time.

Now the young fella is gonna rot for a year or so until the attention dies down and he can be bought out of jail at another time and place.

This is an old scam, they played their cards wrong.

The question above was who would gain??? The corrupt cop that had to buy his uniform and gun and gets paid nothing would gain. Every time they nab someone in this way he get a years wages. I'd imagine he is spewing about this, missed chance to make a quick buck.

I have friends and customers that have been in Bali for upwards of 15 years, some of the stories they tell you are amazing.

edit: if you dont quite get the gist the 'fine' is not exactly official, you pay the money and it goes straight into the back pocket. Just like Macs customs fees.

also, youd probably find it wasnt even pot in the bag

Ados said...
Jeez, hope you kidding about the gear.! we might see you on the news one day !

Na, when in Bali I don't drink... gives me a hangover and I feel like crap the next day.
Shrooms on the other hand make you feel great then and the next day... no acting stupid, just good vibes and nice colours.
You can have shroom omelettes, tasty and psychedelic.

Dried shrooms (what I had on me), are to keep the good times rolling a little longer.
It's the only reason I go to Bali... only thing going for the place.

If the kid was going to smoke some weed on the beach, sounds like he was doing the right thing.

I think the only really sad thing here is, that people feel the need to incarcerate other people for living their life.

If someone gets drunk and violent, lock the farker up.
If someone uses a medicine to help contemplate the magnificent's of life, leave him be.

I'm going to incarcerate you for consuming a weed... what kind of farked up logic is that?

theDoctor said...


The gilli's and lombok are better for mushrooms

i thought youd be too woried about the effects of this stuff on your body.

BulldogPup said...

BALI = Cheap
CHEAP = Ya get what ya pay for mostly
BALI WATER = Hell on fire for your guts then arse
BALI OFFICIALDOM = Corrupt the lot of them
rather go to the islands off QLD and spend me shekels in Oz ... just lashed out on a wood fired pizza oven so none of that for a while tho ...

X 2

theDoctor said...


Give me pot and 'shrooms over powder and pills any day

But not dungeon weed... that stuff is evil.
All natural sunshine grown stuff owns.

@saltiest1: only effect on the body is better vision.

I went to Bali in 88, 95, 98 & twice in 99. I had great times over there.
But after a recent 15 night holiday to Fiji, I wouldn't go back.
Fiji wins hands down IMO.
If they can fit 4kg into Corby's body board cover then they could stash half a tonne into my 14ft Sup board cover.

myusernam said...

nah but i reckon corby's was real. Put there by her brother, taking over for mercedes husband to sell.

Let's assume the brother put it in there, do you think Shapelle was aware ?
It was a bloody big bag of pot. They didn't conceal it very well did they ?
I believe she is innocent. I base this solely on that IMO nobody could be that stupid to pack 4 kg's of pot into their body board cover and hope and prey they don't get searched (I'm aware this wouldn't stack up in court). It appeared way too risky. Why not pack it into the inner lining of a suitcase ?